高速离心压缩机旋转失速的全流场数值模拟

使用商业计算流体动力学(Computational fluid dynamics,CFD)计算软件CFX求解三维雷诺平均的Navier-Stokes方程组,结合出口气腔模型对某带无叶扩压器的离心压缩机的旋转失速现象进行数值模拟。为了准确地模拟小流量下的失速流动现象,在CFD计算中采用包括蜗壳在内的全场网格。首先使用定常计算得到该离心压缩机的稳态性能曲线,并和试验测量值进行比较。然后引入出口气腔模型,模拟离心压缩机内的旋转失速流动。在小流量下模拟得到离心压缩机内部流场的非定常流动现象。分析气腔模型不同参数对失速流动的影响,气腔体积越大,计算得到的失速频率越低。     

Analysis and measurement of the impact of diffuser width on rotating stall in centrifugal compressors

In compression systems, instability has long been an important issue. However, compared to axial machines, relatively little work has been done on the stability of centrifugal machines. Especially, many analytical models of stabilities have been developed to predict and control rotating stall, using compressor characteristic. However, stability models for centrifugal compressors are not scarce. Much research on compressor stability has focused on stalling flow coefficient and rotating stall phenomenon at the stalling flow coefficient. Given this situation, this paper presents a stability analysis of centrifugal compressors to predict rotating stall inception as well as the speed and number of cells. This analysis involves the use of compressor geometries, a steady compressor characteristic, and threedimensional flow analysis in the diffuser. The flow field perturbations at the axial inlet duct, impeller, and radial exit duct are determined via an eigenvalue analysis. The predictions are validated against experimental results from compressors with three different diffuser widths. The model accurately predicts the rotating stall inception flow coefficient. As the compressor characteristic becomes less steep with increasing diffuser width, the stalling flow coefficient increases. Also, experiment validates the model prediction that, depending on the dominant mode of flow perturbation, the number of rotating stall cells can be changed from three to two cells in the tested configurations. Furthermore, the cell speed increases as the flow coefficient decreases for a given number of stall cells. However, when the stall cell number is reduced, the cell speed decreases.     

不同扩压器形式对叶轮内流动影响的研究

针对离心式压缩机模型级进行了数值模拟,与试验结果对比验证了计算模型的正确性,用无叶扩压器代替叶片扩压器在相同的边界条件下进行流场数值模拟,根据模拟结果对比分析了两种情况下叶轮内部的流动特征,揭示了叶片扩压器和无叶扩压器对离心式压缩机级内流场的影响规律.     

无叶扩压器对离心压缩机流场及性能影响的数值研究

采用自编的CFD程序数值研究了无叶扩压器对离心压缩机流场及气动性能的影响.采用当地时间步长、多重网格以及隐式参差光顺等技术来加速收敛,以质量流量来代替出口静压的出口边界条件,使出口静压在计算过程中与给定的流量工况自动匹配,大大节省了计算时间.对Krain叶轮后带等面积与直壁两种形式的无叶扩压器离心压缩机内部流场进行了计算与分析,结果表明:直壁型无叶扩压器离心压缩机的效率低于等面积无叶扩压器离心压缩机的效率;直壁型无叶扩压器使得叶轮出口的流动出现分离;扩压器的形式对离心叶轮的整体气动性能影响并不大;在进行离心叶轮数值研究时,叶轮后的延伸区最好采用等面积无叶扩压器,以尽量减小无叶扩压器所引起的计算误差.     

两个典型离心式压缩机级静子元件中流动的数值模拟

使用NUMACA软件对两个不同流量系数的离心式压缩机级静子元件中的流动进行了数值模拟。分析了两个级无叶扩压器中的流场及其中一个级弯道和回流器中的流场。对离心式压缩机级设计提供了改进信息。     

多级离心压缩机无叶扩压器内气动性能的数值研究

对某多级离心压缩机的气动性能进行了整级CFD数值模拟,重点研究并比较了级间与级后无叶扩压器内的气动特点。计算方法基于Jameson格式,湍流模型选择Spalart-Allmaras模型。结果表明,在多级离心压缩机中,无叶扩压器的性能对整个机组的总体性能影响很大。级间与级后无叶扩压器内的能量损失都很高,但后者以摩擦损失为主,而前者由于受其下游弯道的影响,流动发生分离,因而其能量损失来源于摩擦与分离的共同作用。     

离心压缩机级半开式叶轮采用无叶和串列扩压器的性能分析

使用CFD软件对某高能头半开式离心压缩机的级,在分别采用无叶扩压器和串列扩压器时进行了流动模拟和性能分析,给出了两种情况下的流场分布和性能比较。结果表明,在高能头系数的级中采用串列扩压器可以有效地改善叶轮出口流场,减少流动损失,提高压力恢复系数和级效率。     

离心压缩机末级最佳D_4/D_2值的数值研究

考虑到离心压缩机末级各通流元件之间的相互影响,将末级叶轮、无叶扩压器和排气蜗壳组合一起对扩压器出口直径与叶轮直径的比值D4/D2进行研究,通过对不同D4/D2条件下的整级模型进行数值模拟,研究扩压器流道长短对整级性能的影响,对离心压缩机末级流场及D4/D2值变化与离心压缩机整级性能的变化关系进行了详细的对比分析.研究结果表明,D4/D2值的变化对末级整级性能有较大的影响,并存在一个使级效率为最大值的最佳D4/D2值,D4/D2过大或过小都将使整级效率下降.     

离心式压缩机小流量级分析与优化设计

对某离心式压缩机小流量级的内部流动情况采用了三维粘性流场进行数值模拟。通过对其整级，特别是无叶扩压器和回流器内部流场进行了分析探讨，提出了无叶扩压器、弯道和回流器的改造方案，使其优化后的级多变效率在各个工况下均有所提高。     

Influence of flow coefficient on unsteady impeller loading induced by impeller-diffuser interaction

Unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) simulation has been conducted to investigate how the flow coefficient affects unsteady impeller loading. Simulations have been carried out at three flow coefficients — near stall, design, and near choke conditions — for a centrifugal compressor with a radial gap of 1.04. For computational efficiency, the unsteady simulation has been conducted for two impeller and diffuser passages via the Fourier transformation method. Unsteady loading is the largest at the near stall condition; second largest at the near choke condition; and smallest at the design condition. Relative to the design condition, the near stall condition shows lower minimum loading, and the near choke condition shows higher maximum loading. Thus, both off-design conditions result in higher unsteady loading than at the design condition. Such increases at off-design conditions stem from the variations in the pitch-wise static pressure at the diffuser vane inlet caused by the diffuser vane incidence.

     

离心压缩机机壳在基频气动力激励下的振动噪声研究

研究了离心压缩机机壳在内部基频气动力激励下的振动辐射噪声。考虑机壳与轮盘、轮盖之间的间隙,采用SSTk-co湍流模型模拟了离心压缩机的整机三维非定常流场,得到蜗壳内表面的脉动压力,然后将脉动压力的基频部分加载到蜗壳上,模拟离心压缩机蜗壳在非定常气动力激励下的振动噪声。研究表明：机壳内壁面基频压力脉动主要分布在无叶扩压器靠近叶轮出口一侧;机壳主要基频振动噪声源位于蜗壳靠近出口管道一侧;该离心压缩机机壳基频振动位移幅值很小,最大振动位移仅为11．8×10^-9m,因此可以忽略机壳的基频振动对离心压缩机运行安全性的影响。     

Experimental study of centrifugal compressor vaneless diffuser width

Seven different vaneless diffuser designs for a centrifugal compressor, varying only in diffuser width, were studied experimentally. The studied diffuser widths versus impeller exit width were 1.0, 0.903, 0.854, and 0.806. Three of the narrowed diffusers had the width reduced from the hub and shroud divided evenly, and the three others had the width reduced only from the shroud. The total and static pressures, the total temperature and the flow angles at the diffuser inlet and outlet were measured at the design rotational speed with three different mass flows. The impeller and diffuser performance was studied along with the axial distributions of flow angles and velocities in the diffuser. The results revealed that the pinch improved the compressor stage and impeller performance but deteriorated the diffuser performance. The pinch clearly decreased the secondary flow region present near the shroud. The pinch implemented in the shroud is more beneficial than pinch divided between the hub and the shroud. In order to obtain the beneficial effects of pinch, the pinch should be sufficient. However, excessive pinch deteriorates the compressor performance.     

带楔形扩压器的跨声速离心压气机设计及内部流场计算

采用离心压气机计算机辅助集成设计系统设计了带楔形扩压器的跨声速离心压气机。采用混合平面法对设计的跨声速离心压气机叶轮和扩压器内部流场进行了三维粘性计算,给出了叶轮和扩压器内部的计算结果。计算结果表明,在流量为2．45 kg/s工况下,压气机压比为6．22,压气机总效率为75％,叶轮内部出现典型的二次涡系结构。扩压器内的流场参数分布表明,扩压器前缘出现激波,在楔形扩压器内存在复杂的涡系结构,二次流动涡在扩压器内部经历了一个发生、发展和消失的过程。     

离心压缩机排气蜗壳内部流动分析与优化

利用计算流体动力学专业软件NUMECA对某离心压缩机末级流场(包括闭式叶轮、无叶扩压器、排气蜗壳)进行三维粘性流动的数值计算分析.以计算结果为依据,对等宽变高式排气蜗壳进行了优化设计,末级效率提高约4.5%.将改进方法用于另一台压缩机组的末级排气蜗壳,末级效率同样提高4.5%,由此总结出"焊接式排气蜗壳气动设计规范",并将其应用于另一类典型的焊接式排气蜗壳--等高变宽式排气蜗壳的优化设计,末级效率提高约3%.大量的数值试验证明,所提出的设计方法具有很好的通用性,可以推广应用于所有的焊接式排气蜗壳设计.     

低稠度半高叶片扩压器的模型级性能研究

通过数值模拟的方法研究了低稠度半高叶片扩压器在大流量离心压缩机模型级中的应用,并比较了其与无叶扩压器对模型级气动性能影响的差异.研究结果表明:采用低稠度半高叶片扩压器的模型级基本消除了盖侧附近低总压高熵值的区域,气动性能有较大提高.     

无蜗壳风机研发中的几个问题

在无蜗壳风机研发中发现三个问题:市场上有两类不同的无蜗壳风机,但命名混淆;按进气试验法得到的出口总压和效率偏大;采用旋转无叶扩压器能提高性能,但缺乏定量数据说明.本文通过调研和数值模拟对这些问题提出看法.     

离心式压缩机旋转失速的故障机理研究

介绍了离心式压缩机旋转失速的故障机理及故障特征，充分利用升降速三维功率谱阵等数字信号处理方法对现场拾取的轴位移信号及振动加速度信号等有用信息进行了分析，根据测试结果，对某公司的DH－80离心式压缩机旋转失速的故障现象进行了诊断，实践证明，诊断结果是正确的，保证了机组的安全，连续运行。     

Experimental and Computational Analysis of the Unstable Flow Structure in a Centrifugal Compressor with a Vaneless Diffuse

The unstable flow phenomena in compressors, such as stall and surge, are closely related to the e ciency and the operating region. It is indispensable to capture the unstable flow structure in compressors and understand the mechanism of flow instability at low flow rates. Cooperated with the manufacturer, an industrial centrifugal compressor with a vaneless di user is tested by its performance test rig and our multi-phase dynamic measurement system. Many dynamic pressure transducers are circumferentially mounted on the casing surface at seven radial locations, spanning the impeller region and the di user inlet region. The pressure fields from the design condition to surge are measured in details. Based on the multi-phase dynamic signals, the original location of stall occurring can be determined. Meanwhile, the information of the unstable flow structure is obtained, such as the circumferential mode and the propagating speed of stall cells. To get more details of the vortex structure, an unsteady simulation of this tested compressor is carried out. The computational result is well matched with the experimental result and further illustrates how the unstable flow structure in the impeller region gradually a ects the stability of the total machine at low flow rates. The dynamic mode decomposition(DMD) method is applied to get the specific flow pattern corresponding to the stall frequency. Both experimental and computational analysis show that the flow structure at a particular radial location in the impeller region has a great impact on the stall and surge. Some di erences between the computational and experimental result are also discussed. Through these two main analytical methods, an insight into the unstable flow structure in an industrial compressor is gained. The result also plays a crucial role in the guidance of the compressor stabilization techniques.     

Experimental and numerical investigations of radial flow compressor component losses

This research numerically and experimentally investigates a small turbocharger radial flow compressor with a vane-less diffuser and volute. The geometry of the compressor is obtained via component scanning, through which a 3D model is prepared. The flow inside this model is numerically analyzed by using a Navier-Stokes solver with a shear-stress transport turbulence model. The characteristic curves of the compressor and the contributions of its components to total pressure drop are acquired by measuring the static and total pressures at different cross sections of the compressor. Numerical results are verified with the experimental test results. The model results exhibit good agreement with the experimental results. In particular, the results show that the losses related to the impeller are higher than those related to the stationary components at different conditions, with the former causing a decline of at least 15% in compressor isentropic efficiency. The contribution of stationary components to efficiency decrease is approximately 4.8% at maximum efficiency mass flow rate and is limited to 7.1%. At low mass flow rates, the contribution of the diffuser to efficiency decline is higher than that of the volute. This finding is reversed at high mass flow rates. The performances of the diffuser and the volute are also studied by exploring total pressure and static pressure recovery coefficients, as well as the net radial force on the impeller shaft under a wide operating range.     

叶片断裂破坏与气动非定常脉动的关联分析

在离心压气机实际的工况运行中,流量通常在一个区间内变化,如果流量超出稳定工作范围,在叶轮流道中可能会引起旋转失速甚至喘振等非稳定性流动现象,极易引发叶片的疲劳断裂[1].本文基于某型压气机在实际运行中发生叶片叶顶断裂事故,利用CFD软件NUMECA进行数值计算分析,主要从气动方面分析其在各个流量下的流动情况.从非定常流动特征方面深入分析其破坏机理.结果表明在一定的流量下,流场中的压力脉动非常强烈,极有可能引发叶片的疲劳破坏.本研究为压缩机叶片的疲劳破坏机理力学分析提供了可靠的理论依据和坚实的数据基础.