Flow Structure within an Aggressive S-Shaped Intermediate Compressor Duct

Kasper, Aaron; Hergt, Alexander; Stürzebecher, Thomas; Grund, Sebastian; Flamm, Jasmin; Nicke, Eberhard

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1909/1/012025

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“…First results of the extensive high-speed testing of the ICD rig (A) and (B) have been presented by Kasper et al [19]. Oil-streak paint showed for rig (B) severe flow separation in the ICD hub region.…”

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On the effect of inter compressor duct length on compressor performance

2022

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Compression systems of modern, civil aircraft engines consist of three components: Fan, low-pressure compressor (LPC) and high-pressure compressor (HPC). The efficiency of each component has improved over the last decades by means of rising computational power which made high level aerodynamic optimisations possible. Each component has been addressed individually and separated from the effects of upstream and downstream components. But as much time and effort has been spend to improve performance of rotating components, the stationary inter-compressor duct (ICD) has only received minor attention. With the rotating compression components being highly optimised and sophisticated their performance potential is limited. That is why more aggressive, respectively shorter, ICDs get more and more into the focus of research and engine manufacturers. The length reduction offers high weight saving and thus fuel saving potential as a shorter ICD means a reduction in aircraft engine length. This paper aims at evaluating the impact of more aggressive duct geometries on LPC and HPC performance. A multi objective 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) aerodynamic optimisation is performed on a preliminary design of a novel two spool compressor rig incorporating four different operating line and two near-stall (NST) conditions which ensure operability throughout the whole compressor operating range. While the ICD is free to change in length, shape and cross-section area, the blades of LPC and HPC are adjusted for changing duct aerodynamics via profile re-staggering to keep number of free parameters low. With this parametrisation length, reductions for the ICD of up to 40% are feasible while keeping the reduction in isentropic efficiency at aerodynamic design point for the compressor below 1%pt. Three geometries of the Pareto front are analysed in detail focusing on ICD secondary flow behaviour and changes of aerodynamics in LPC and HPC. In order to asses changes in stall margin, speedlines for the three geometries are analysed.

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On the effect of inter compressor duct length on compressor performance

2022

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On the Secondary Flow System of an Aggressive Inter Compressor Duct

Fritz,

Dygutsch,

Kasper

et al. 2024

Journal of Turbomachinery

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In contrast to the highly optimized rotating components, the inter compressor duct (ICD) is offering a high potential for further improvements. Due to a more aggressive design, the length of the whole engine can be reduced. Shorter and thus lighter engines are leading to further fuel savings for the next engine generation. The design of current ICDs is very conservative because of high uncertainties in design space. An extensive test campaign on two highly aggressive ICDs has been conducted at an annular cascade at German Aerospace Center (DLR) Cologne to explore these limitations. The test section is comprised of LPC-OGVs, struts and HPC-IGVs. To simulate the influence of the last rotor of the LPC and to vary the incidence of the OGV, a move-able swirler is placed in front of the OGV. This simplification results in differences relative to a real rotor outlet flow. Through geometrical restriction, the ability to move the swirler can only be achieved by adding partial gaps in the rear part of the swirler at hub and shroud. These gaps have a huge impact on the secondary flow structure of the swirler outflow and therefore, the inflow of the ICD. In this paper, the secondary flow system of an aggressive ICD is analyzed in detail by the means of experimentally validated CFD simulations. Attention is given to the impact of the stationary swirler on the secondary flow system. Furthermore, a recommendation for future experimental setups with respect to the described effects is concluded.

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Flow Structure within an Aggressive S-Shaped Intermediate Compressor Duct

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On the effect of inter compressor duct length on compressor performance

On the effect of inter compressor duct length on compressor performance

On the Secondary Flow System of an Aggressive Inter Compressor Duct

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