Vol.40 No.11

Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University

Jan.2006

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Numerical Investigation of Interaction Between Casing Treatment and Tip Leakage Flow in a Transonic Compressor Rotor
Lu Xingen£¬Chu Wuli£¬Zhang Yanfeng
£¨School of Power and Energy£¬Northwestern Polytechnical University£¬Xi'an 710072£¬China£©

Abstract£ºTip leakage flow has a strong effect on the transonic compressor performance and stability£® Based on improved understanding of compressor rotor tip clearance flow£¬a new type of casing treatment was designed for a transonic axialª²flow compressor rotor and numerical simulation of threeª²dimensional unsteady flow in the compressor rotor was carried out to verify the designed casing treatment£®The numerical results£¨smooth wall case£©agreed well with our experimental test data for estimation of the global performance£¬and this new type of casing treatment was found to increase the compressor stall margin by up to 52% without loss in efficiency at design point£®The interaction mechanism between the casing treatment and tip leakage flow was analyzed in detail£®It is found that the casing treatment could delay the tip leakage vortex breakdown and bleed the blockage zone caused by the tip leakage vortex breakdown into treatment slots£¬ and therefore extend the stall margin of transonic compressor effectively£®
Keywords£ºaxialª²flow compressor£»transonic£»tip leakage flow£»casing treatment