Aerodynamic Design and Performance of a Two-Stage, Axial-Flow Compressor (Baseline).

Author(s):  
M. D. Hathaway ◽  
T. H. Okiishi
1961 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Kovach ◽  
D. M. Sandercock

A five-stage axial-flow compressor with all rotors operating with transonic relative inlet Mach numbers was designed as a research vehicle at the Lewis Research Center in 1952. The compressor was designed and tested as a component of a turbojet engine. This paper summarizes the research work done on this compressor including the aerodynamic design and detailed performance characteristics.


1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsushi Nagai ◽  
Kazuaki Ikesawa ◽  
Takao Sugimoto ◽  
Toshinao Tanaka ◽  
Hiroshi Umino ◽  
...  

A highly loaded two stage transonic axial flow compressor, which forms a front stages of a multi stage compressor for industrial gas turbines, has been designed and tested. Overall pressure ratio is 2.25 and the first stage rotor tip Mach number is 1.15. Two airfoil types, Double Circular Arc airfoil and Multi Circular Arc airfoil, were designed for a transonic rotor blade under the same condition. MCA blade design method was devised and introduced. The blade design relied heavily on CFD techniques using a Euler code and a Navier Stokes code to cope with a precise treatment. The rig test was conducted by our compressor test facility to verify a validity of the transonic compressor design method and to compare the performance of the DCA and the MCA airfoils. This report describes the aerodynamic design and the test results as well as the test facility and instrumentation.


Author(s):  
W. Tabakoff

Turbines and compressors operating in polluted atmosphere with solid particles are subjected to performance deterioration. This paper presents an investigation carried out on two-stage gas turbine with blunt leading edge blades and on a single-stage axial flow compressor to study the effects of particulates and erosion on performance deterioration.


Author(s):  
Damir Novak ◽  
Michael Loetzerich ◽  
Matthias Boese

A 22-stage axial flow compressor with a pressure ratio 35:1 has been designed, built and successfully tested for a heavy-duty gas turbine application. Advanced technology and aero engine design tools have been used. The compressor has been designed using an “arbitrary” airfoil blading including 3D design features, like leading edge re-camber, lean, sweep and flowpath contouring. The compressor performance and part load behavior have been improved by accurate stage matching based on whole compressor 3D analyses. The new compressor has been tested in a scaled down rig and validated in the Alstom Test Power Plant (ATPP).The compressor met all design objectives and demonstrated excellent performance. This paper describes the aerodynamic design and test results.


Author(s):  
Takeshi Yamane

In order to increase the working range and the maximum weight flow of electric motor driven axial flow compressors with variable stators at each stage for use in blast furnace application, a model unit of the compressor with two-stage variable stator having a relatively small hub-tip ratio was constructed and tested, and its performance characteristics with variable speeds and variable stators were measured and compared with the predicted performance. The tests were carried out up to the peripheral velocity of 1070 fps and stator setting angles of from 20 to −20 deg from design. The tests generally showed the results expected, but surge had risen much earlier than predicted, and the performance near the hub was not satisfactory.


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