Numerical Investigation of Inlet Boundary Layer in an Axial Compressor Tandem Cascade

Zonghao Yang, Bo Liu, Xiaochen Mao, Botao Zhang and Hejian Wang
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Zonghao Yang: School of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
Bo Liu: School of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
Xiaochen Mao: School of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
Botao Zhang: School of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China
Hejian Wang: School of Power and Energy, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-20

Abstract: To explore the inlet boundary layer (IBL) influence on the tandem cascade aerodynamic performance, this paper took the high subsonic compressor NACA65 K48 cascade and its modified tandem cascade as the research object. The effects of the IBL thickness and the skewed IBL on the aerodynamic performance of the original cascade and tandem cascade were analyzed based on the numerical method. The results show that the tandem cascade effective design makes it better than the original cascade in the aerodynamic performance under different IBL conditions. Compared with the collateral IBL, the skewed IBL can effectively improve the aerodynamic performance of the original cascade and tandem cascade by suppressing the endwall cross flow, but an increase in the IBL thickness will suppress this advantage. In addition, the increase of incidence angle or the IBL thickness will make the tandem cascade forward blade corner separation more serious and cause the flow passage to be blocked, which seriously affects the rear blade diffusing capacity. In general, the IBL thickness is positively correlated with the tandem cascade total pressure loss and negatively correlated with the static pressure rise (except for the ?6° incidence angle). The skewed IBL can effectively reduce the total pressure loss and increase the static pressure rise within ?4°~7° incidence angle, but the law is opposite at a ?6° incidence angle. At a 0° or 2° incidence angle, the performance improvement effect of the skewed IBL on the tandem cascade is the best, and this positive effect diminishes as it tends towards a larger positive incidence angle or a smaller negative incidence angle.

Keywords: compressor; tandem cascade; inlet boundary layer thickness; skewed inlet boundary layer; aerodynamic performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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