This paper presents results of numerical investigations carried out to explore the benefit of end wall boundary layer removal from critical regions of highly loaded axial compressor blade rows. At the loading level of modern aero engine compressors, the performance is primarily determined by three-dimensional (3D) flow phenomena occurring in the end wall regions. Three-dimensional Navier–Stokes simulations were conducted on both a rotor and a stator test case in order to evaluate the basic effects and the practical value of bleeding air from specific locations at the casing end wall. The results of the numerical survey demonstrated substantial benefits of relatively small bleed rates to the local flow field and to the performance of the two blade rows. On the rotor, the boundary layer fluid was removed from the main flow path through an axisymmetric slot in the casing over the rotor tip. This proved to give some control over the tip leakage vortex flow and the associated loss generation. On the stator, the boundary layer fluid was taken from the flow path through a single bleed hole within the passage. Two alternative off-take configurations were evaluated, revealing a large impact of the bleed hole shape and the location on the cross-passage flow and the suction side corner separation. On both blade rows investigated, rotor and stator, the boundary layer removal resulted in a reduction of the local reverse flow, blockage, and losses in the respective near-casing region. This paper gives insight into changes occurring in the 3D passage flow field near the casing and summarizes the effects on the radial matching and pitchwise-averaged performance parameters, namely loss and deviation of the rotor and stator when suction is active. Primary focus is put on the aerodynamics in the blade rows in the main flow path; details of the internal flow structure within the bleed off-take cavities/ports are not discussed here.
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Numerical Investigation of End Wall Boundary Layer Removal on Highly Loaded Axial Compressor Blade Rows
V. Gümmer,
V. Gümmer
Compressor Engineering,
e-mail: volker.guemmer@rolls-royce.com
Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG
, Eschenweg 11, D-15827 Dahlewitz, Germany
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M. Goller,
M. Goller
Compressor Engineering,
Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG
, Eschenweg 11, D-15827 Dahlewitz, Germany
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M. Swoboda
M. Swoboda
Compressor Engineering,
Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG
, Eschenweg 11, D-15827 Dahlewitz, Germany
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V. Gümmer
Compressor Engineering,
Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG
, Eschenweg 11, D-15827 Dahlewitz, Germanye-mail: volker.guemmer@rolls-royce.com
M. Goller
Compressor Engineering,
Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG
, Eschenweg 11, D-15827 Dahlewitz, Germany
M. Swoboda
Compressor Engineering,
Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG
, Eschenweg 11, D-15827 Dahlewitz, GermanyJ. Turbomach. Jan 2008, 130(1): 011015 (9 pages)
Published Online: January 25, 2008
Article history
Received:
February 9, 2006
Revised:
September 22, 2006
Published:
January 25, 2008
Citation
Gümmer, V., Goller, M., and Swoboda, M. (January 25, 2008). "Numerical Investigation of End Wall Boundary Layer Removal on Highly Loaded Axial Compressor Blade Rows." ASME. J. Turbomach. January 2008; 130(1): 011015. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2749297
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