Full blended blade and endwall design of a compressor cascade

In the current state-of-the-art, high-loss flow in the endwall significantly influences compressor performance. Therefore, the control of endwall corner separation in compressor blade rows is important to consider. Based on the previous research of the Blended Blade and EndWall (BBEW) technique, which can significantly reduce corner separation, in combination with a non-axisymmetric endwall, the full-BBEW technique is proposed in this study to further reduce the separation in endwall region. The principle of the unchanged axial passage area is considered to derive the geometric method for this technique. Three models are further classified based on different geometric characteristics of this technique: the BBEW model, Inclining-Only EndWall (IOEW) model, and full-BBEW model. The most effective design of each model is then found by performing several optimizations at the design point and related numerical investigations over the entire operational conditions. Compared with the prototype, the total pressure loss coefficient decreases by 7%–9% in the optimized full-BBEW at the design point. Moreover, the aerodynamic blockage coefficient over the entire operational range decreases more than the other models, which shows its positive effect for diffusion. This approach has a larger decrease at negative incidence angles where the intersection of the boundary layer plays an important role in corner separation. The analysis shows that the blended blade profile enlarges the dihedral angle and creates a span-wise pressure gradient to move low momentum fluid towards the mainstream. Furthermore, the inclining hub geometry accelerates the accumulated flow in the corner downstream by increasing the pressure gradient. Overall, though losses in the mainstream grow, especially for large incidences, the full-BBEW technique effectively reduces the separation in corners.     

叶身/端壁融合技术研究

角区流动的现象普遍存在,其中角区流动分离是制约叶轮机性能提升的关键因素。针对抑制或消除角区分离情况,在简要回顾二面角原理的基础上,提出叶身/端壁融合技术(Blended Blade-EndWall,BBEW),指出了其所包含的二面角原理的3种应用方式,并以NASA 67号转子叶片为例,采用数值方法研究了应用第2种方式(即增大过渡曲面最小曲率半径方式)的改型效果。结果表明:采用二面角原理第2种应用方式的BBEW能够有效地减弱或消除高负荷叶片吸力面角区分离,进而明显改善了67号转子叶片性能,因此BBEW是抑制或消除角区分离的有效技术。     

叶身/端壁融合技术工况的适用性

在前期提出并初步验证了叶身/端壁融合(BBEW)技术效果的基础上,以NASA Rotor 67为例实施BBEW改型,研究了100％,90％和80％三种转速,海平面与万米高空两种不同雷诺数工况条件下BBEW技术的实施效果.数值结果表明:相对于原型,BBEW改型在几乎所有工况范围内均显现出总压比、效率等性能提升.在低转速和低雷诺数下的收益更为明显,效率收益可达0.6％～0.8％.这表明BBEW技术具有宽广的工况适用性,将是弯、掠以外叶轮机全三维叶片造型的又一重要方面.