Lift enhancement of airfoil and tip flow control for wind turbine

Two techniques that improve the aerodynamic performance of wind turbine airfoils are described. The airfoil $809, designed specially for wind turbine blades, and the airfoil FX60-100, having a higher lift-drag ratio, are selected to verify the flow control techniques. The flow deflector, fixed at the leading edge, is employed to control the boundary layer separation on the airfoil at a high angle of attack. The multi-island genetic algorithm is used to optimize the parameters of the flow deflector. The results indicate that the flow deflector can suppress the flow separation, delay the stall, and enhance the lift. The characteristics of the blade tip vortex, the wake vortex, and the surface pressure distributions of the blades are analyzed. The vortex diffuser, set up at the blade tip, is employed to control the blade tip vortex. The results show that the vortex diffuser can increase the total pressure coefficient of the core of the vortex, decrease the strength of the blade tip vortex, lower the noise, and improve the efficiency of the blade.

Complicated flow in tip flow field of a compressor tandem cascade using delayed detached eddy simulation

The complex flow characteristics in the tip region of a tandem cascade with tip clearance have been calculated and analyzed using Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation(DDES).The coherent mechanism of the vortex structures near the blade tip was discussed,and the unsteady behaviors and features in the tip flow field were analyzed.Additionally,the interaction between the tip leakage flow and the gap jet was revealed.The results show that,compared to the datum cascade,the blade tip load of the rear blade increases while that of the front blade decreases.Unsteady fluctuations of the tandem cascade are mainly caused by the interaction between the tip leakage flow and gap jet,and by the mixing of the vortex structures,but there is no essential change in the spectrum feature of the tip leakage flow.Finally,a detailed analysis of the development of vortices in the tip region is conducted by the topological structures of the flow field.Combined with the three-dimensional vortex structures,the schematic diagram of the vortex system of the datum single-row cascade and tandem cascade is summarized.

Tip Clearance Flows in Turbine Cascades

This article describes the effects of some factors on the tip clearance flow in axial linear turbine cascades. The measurements of the total pressure loss coefficient are made at the cascade outlets by using a five-hole probe at exit Mach numbers of 0.10, 0.14 and 0.19. At each exit Mach number, experiments are performed at the tip clearance heights of 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5% and 3.0% of the blade height. The effects of the non-uniform tip clearance height of each blade in the pitchwise direction are also studied. The results show that at a given tip clearance height, generally, total pressure loss rises with exit Mach numbers proportionally. At a fixed exit Mach number, the total pressure loss augments nearly proportionally as the tip clearance height increases. The increased tip clearance heights in the tip regions of two adjacent blades are to be blame for the larger clearance loss of the center blade. Compared to the effects of the tip clearance height, the effects of the exit Mach number and the pitchwise variation of the tip clearance height on the cascade total pressure loss are so less significant to be omitted.

Calculation of the Energy Loss for Tip Leakage Flow in Turbines

A commercial N-S solver has been employed for simulation and investigation ofthe unsteady flow field inside the tip clearance of a turbine rotor. The main objective of thispaper is to introduce a new method of energy loss calculation for the flow field in tip clearanceregion of a turbine rotor blade. This method can be easily used in all kinds of flow fields. Regionsof high viscous effects have been found to be located near the shroud rather than the blade tip. Itis shown that the time-averaged loss of energy in tip leakage flow is dissimilar for differentrotor blades. This result is a helpful hint that can be taken by blade designers to designnon-uniform rotor blades with different geometric and aerodynamic loads to minimize the energy loss.

Experiment on Effect of Tip Clearance Leakage Flow on Heat Transfer of Turbine Outer Ring

The cascade model was tested using transient liquid crystal temperature measurement technology.The effects of main flow Reynolds number,blowing ratio and tip clearance height on the convective heat transfer coefficient of the turbine outer ring were studied.Two feature lines were marked on the turbine outer ring corresponding to the position of the blade.The conclusions are as follows:The tip clearance leakage flow has a great influence on the convective heat transfer coefficient of the turbine outer ring.When the clearance height and the blowing ratio are kept constant,gradually increasing the main flow Reynolds number will result in an increase in the convective heat transfer coefficient of the turbine outer ring.When the clearance height and the main flow Reynolds number are kept constant and the blowing ratio is gradually increased,the convective heat transfer coefficient of the turbine outer ring is almost constant.The heat transfer coefficient of the turbine outer ring surface is little affected by the blowing ratio;The clearance height has great influence on the heat transfer characteristics of the turbine outer ring.Under the typical working condition in this paper,when the tip clearance height ratio is 1.6%,the convective heat transfer coefficient of the outer surface of the turbine is the highest.

The Tip Leakage Flow Structure of an Axial Fan with Tip Clearance

Experiment and numerical simulation technique are used to investigate the tip leakage flow in an axial fan with tip clearance at the design condition. The flow field in the tip region of fan is measured using a PDA (Particle Dynamics Analysis) system. The flow is surveyed across the whole passage at fifteen axial locations (from the 100% axial chord in front of the leading edge to the 100% axial chord behind the trailing edge), mainly focusing on the outer 90% blade span. Both experiment measurement and numerical simulation indicates the leakage flow originated from the tip clearance along the chord rolls up into three dimensional spiral structure to form leakage flow vortex. The interaction of leakage flow and main flow will produce the low velocity zone, and block the flow. The leakage flow almost occupies the most part of flow passage behind the trailing edge.

Correlation between Aerodynamic Noise and Velocity Fluctuation of Tip Leakage Flow of Axial Flow Fan

In the present paper the attention is focused on correlation between fan noise and velocity fluctuations of tip leakage vortex around rotor blade of a low pressure axial flow fan at the maximum pressure operating point. We measured time fluctuating velocity near the rotor tip around the rotor blades by using a hot-wire sensor from a relative flame of refer- ence fixed to the rotor blades. As the results, it is clear that the velocity fluctuation due to tip leakage vortex has weak periodicity and the hump portion appeared in its spectrum. If the flow rate was lower than the design condition, the tip leakage flow became to attach to the following blade and the sound pressure level at frequency of velocity fluctuation of this flow was increased. The correlation measurements between the velocity fluctuation of tip leakage flow and the aerodynamic noise were made using a rotating hot-wire sensor near the rotor tip in the rotating frame. The correlation between the velocity fluctuation due to tip leakage flow and acoustic pressure were increased due to generation of weak acoustic resonance at the maximum pressure operating point.

TOPOLOGY AND VORTEX STRUCTURES OF A CURVING TURBINE CASCADE WITH TIP CLEARANCE (Ⅱ)- TOPOLOGICAL FLOW PATTERN AND VORTEX STRUCTURE IN THE TRANSVERSE SECTION OF A BLADE CASCADE

By means of ink trace visualization of the flows in conventional straight, positively curved and negatively curved cascades with tip clearance, and measurement of the aerodynamic parameters in transverse section, and by appling topology theory, the topological structures and vortex structure in the transverse section of a blade cascade were analyzed. Compared with conventional straight cascade, blade positive curving eliminates the separation line of the upper passage vortex, and leads the secondary vortex to change from close separation to open separation, while blade negative curving effects merely the positions of singular points and the intensities and scales of vortex.

叶片破损对压气机性能的影响

为了研究叶片破损对压气机内部流场的影响机理,本文针对带有破损的跨音速压气机叶片进行气动性能变化规律和机理研究。通过NASA rotor 37实验结果验证了计算方法的准确性,利用数值仿真研究了叶片破损对压气性能的影响规律,并对2种典型工况下叶片破损前后的流场结构进行对比分析,探讨引起性能变化的具体原因。研究表明:叶片破损会导致压气机的压比降低0.6631%、绝热效率降低0.7877%,且压气机的稳定裕度降低更为明显。叶尖破损主要对叶顶流场结构产生影响,使叶顶区域泄漏流增强,当其与激波相互作用时,通道内产生了流动堵塞和流动损失。本文研究成果可为实际服役中的航空发动机特性评定提供理论参考。

压气机内部旋转不稳定的研究综述

旋转不稳定是压气机工作在高负荷近失速工况时的一种常见现象。研究旋转不稳定在降低压气机工作噪声、减小流致振动以及保障航空发动机稳定工作等方面具有重要意义。首先对旋转不稳定现象进行了回顾,详细讨论了旋转不稳定的特征。其次,重点调研了旋转不稳定的起源和机理,将旋转不稳定产生的原因归纳为叶尖泄漏流、涡脱落以及流动剪切等类别。此外,回顾了模拟旋转不稳定的数值方法,讨论了多种流动控制手段对旋转不稳定的作用效果。最后,对旋转不稳定的研究现状进行了总结,对未来的研究趋势进行了展望。

叶顶间隙对螺旋混流式喷水推进泵内流及推进特性的影响

喷水推进泵是舰船泵喷推进系统的核心部件,喷水推进泵在工作过程中,叶顶间隙处所产生的泄漏流会严重影响混流泵的工作性能。为了探讨叶轮叶顶间隙对喷水推进泵推进特性的影响,本文定义了叶顶间隙系数τ,设计了六种不同叶顶间隙系数模型并使用Ansys进行仿真分析,最终得到叶顶间隙对于喷水推进泵内流以及推进特性的影响规律。结果表明:随着叶顶间隙系数的增大,叶顶间隙处泄漏流逐渐增加,泄漏涡影响范围变大,轴向推力随着叶顶间隙系数的增大呈负指数下降,叶顶间隙处泄漏量随指数上升,喷水推进泵内流损失增加,推进效率持续减小,并且在大流量工况下叶顶间隙对喷水推进泵推进特性影响最大,在设计的六套模型中,叶顶间隙系数为0.08,叶顶间隙为0.16mm时效率最高。通过本文的研究可以发现,叶顶间隙对于喷水推进泵内流以及推进特性影响较大,在设计时应尽量减小叶顶间隙。

叶顶间隙对低比转数小流量泵性能的影响

为建立叶顶间隙对低比转速小流量泵性能的影响关系,采用数值计算的方法,以叶顶间隙宽s和叶轮出口宽b的比值(s/b)表征间隙大小,对不同间隙下泵的性能展开对比分析。分析发现,随着间隙的增加,泵的扬程和效率均逐渐降低,最大和最小间隙下的扬程和效率差分别达15.4%,5.5%。当间隙较小即s/b<0.2时,扬程曲线在小流量工况会出现不稳定的“驼峰”现象,在s/b>0.3后,设计工况附近效率的降幅显著增大。从流动特性来看,随着叶顶间隙的增大,间隙泄漏流对叶轮内主流区影响加剧,会诱导严重的二次流和旋涡的产生,同时间隙内不稳定流动也会产生能量损失,造成扬程和效率下降。为低比转数小流量泵的设计与优化提供借鉴意义。

跨音速流动中涡轮动叶叶顶的气膜冷却特性分析

为了掌握跨音速流动中涡轮动叶叶顶气膜冷却特性,采用压敏漆测试技术来研究叶顶间隙高度和质量流量比对叶顶气膜冷却特性的影响规律。研究结果表明:在小质量流量比条件下,增加叶顶间隙高度能够有效改善叶顶中弦区域的气膜覆盖,然而当质量流量较大时,叶顶间隙高度变化对叶顶中弦区域的气膜冷却效率分布影响并不明显;在小叶顶间隙高度条件下,随着质量流量比增加,叶顶中弦区域冷气覆盖效果逐渐变差,在大叶顶间隙高度条件下,仅当质量流量比从0.1%+0.05%增加到0.14%+0.07%时,叶顶中弦区域的冷气覆盖效果才有所改善。

环形电极等离子体激励控制透平叶顶间隙泄漏流动研究

为探究等离子体激励对叶顶泄漏流动的影响,基于非对称阻挡介质放电等离子体激励的数值模型,提出了环形电极的阻挡介质放电等离子体激励模型。将等离子体激励产生的体积力耦合至雷诺平均Navier-Stokes (RANS)方程组的动量方程中,数值研究了3种等离子体激励电压(9、13、17 kV)和3种激励频率(8、10、12 kHz)的透平叶顶泄漏流动特征。结果表明:环形电极等离子体激励显著改变了叶顶间隙的压力分布,在叶顶间隙内部和叶顶的两侧诱导形成大尺寸涡系结构,阻碍压力侧的主流进入叶顶间隙,有效抑制了动叶叶顶泄漏流动;在激励频率一定时,随着激励电压的增加,叶顶泄漏流动引起的总压损失减弱,但过高的激励电压会造成额外的诱导涡损失;激励电压保持不变,激励频率的增大对叶顶间隙的高压区域无明显影响,而叶顶两侧的诱导涡得到增强并挤压相邻的通道涡,叶栅通道120%轴向弦长处截面的总压损失进一步降低,13 kV激励电压、12 kHz激励频率工况具有最低的总压损失系数,相比无等离子体激励降低了16.12%。研究阐明了等离子体激励电压与激励频率对透平叶顶区域流场以及叶栅气动性能的影响规律。

叶顶间隙对蜗壳式混流泵流动特性影响研究

采用计算流体力学(CFD)数值模拟技术,研究了蜗壳式混流泵在不同叶顶间隙下的水力性能及内部流动特性。通过对流场、涡流和压力分布的分析,揭示了叶顶间隙变化对泵装置扬程、效率及运行稳定性的影响。结果表明,随着间隙尺寸的增大,混流泵的整体效率逐渐下降,且对大流量工况的影响尤为显著。同时,叶顶间隙的增大会导致叶轮区域泄漏涡的增强,影响泵的运行稳定性。

压气机叶顶间隙流动与控制研究进展

压缩空气储能被视为最具发展潜力的物理储能技术,作为其核心部件,压气机的性能表现在较大程度上决定着储能系统的经济性和效率。叶顶间隙流动因其复杂的三维流动特性,对压气机内部流场结构变化存在重要作用,是影响整机性能的关键因素。文章依照叶顶结构特点分类总结了带冠、无冠轴流压气机和开式/半开式、闭式离心压气机叶顶间隙流动产生的机理,根据压气机流动特性,进一步综述国内外压气机叶顶间隙流动的研究进展,形成以下结论:对于无冠轴流压气机,非定常叶顶间隙流动与失速、叶片噪声及振动问题密切相关,需扩充研究成果以优化叶顶设计;带冠轴流压气机缺乏实验和数据支撑,流动控制手段单一,可尝试跨领域应用控制技术;离心压气机叶顶间隙流动研究仍需探索变间隙特性和周向不均匀性对流动结构的影响,并提升应对流场变化的能力。未来研究可着重于高精度数值模拟方法的应用推广、跨领域控制技术的尝试和复合结构的探索。

泵喷推进器间隙流场尺度效应数值研究

由于泵喷推进器转子与导管之间有间隙的存在,内流场特性较复杂.为了探究尺度效应对泵喷推进器间隙流场的影响,采用非定常雷诺平均Navier-Stokes(URANS)方程和SST k-ω湍流模型,利用全结构化网格对计算域进行离散处理,滑移网格用于处理转子和其他部件之间的相对运动.首先通过网格不确定分析来验证本文数值方法的可行性,数值计算结果与模型试验数据进行了比较,两者吻合良好;然后对3种尺度泵喷推进器模型的敞水性能进行了数值计算,从涡量场和压力场的角度进行了分析.结果表明,全进速系数下,实尺度模型的效率会提高;实尺度模型的叶梢泄漏涡(TLV)涡量溃灭提前,涡量强度更低,并且TLV涡核中心压力系数更小,间隙间的脉动压力幅值更低.

自循环机匣提高轴流泵稳定性的参数化研究

为了探究有效扩大轴流泵稳定运行范围的方法,针对轴流泵进行自循环机匣处理的单通道定常数值模拟,分析周向覆盖比例、抽吸口位置和喉部高度对水泵扩稳性能的影响规律,并揭示自循环机匣对轴流泵扩稳的改善机理.结果表明,抽吸口位置保持不变,扩大周向覆盖比例和喉部高度都可以增大流量裕度,但设计点效率降低;喉部高度为1.8 mm的自循环机匣流量裕度随着抽吸口位置的后移先增加后降低,效率先降低后增加,说明在叶顶上方存在一个最佳位置.在研究的范围内,流量裕度最大达到5.93%,设计点的效率最低降低1.12%.通过自循环机匣处理,使叶顶泄漏流与主流在叶顶上方相互作用形成的堵塞区面积有所减小,从而可以扩大轴流泵流量范围和提升小流量工况效率.该研究可为轴流泵在自循环机匣的端壁处理方式下扩稳提供参考.

基于示迹线方法的压气机内部流动显示试验

为了揭示压气机转子叶顶泄漏流和静叶吸力面分离流动的形态及演变趋势,采用示迹线显示空气流动的方法对某低速轴流压气机转子叶顶间隙流动及静叶吸力面复杂流动进行了直接观测。结果表明:转/静子叶片上的示迹线直观形象地显示了转子叶顶泄漏流动和静叶吸力面分离流动的形态及演变趋势;随着压气机节流,转子叶顶泄漏流抗衡主流的“力量”不断增强,导致叶顶泄漏流的影响区域不断向上游拓展,到达近失速工况时,泄漏流与主流的交界面与叶顶前缘平齐;随着压气机节流,静叶吸力面上的流动分离区不断向静叶前缘扩展,到达近失速工况时,50%叶高以下静叶吸力面一侧出现了大面积的回流区。

转子叶顶间隙值及改型对压气机性能影响的数值模拟

为了分析转子叶顶间隙值和改型对压气机性能的影响,以典型轴流跨声速压气机NASA stage 35为对象,对不同叶顶间隙值的压气机进行数值模拟。结果表明:叶顶间隙增大并且泄漏流强度提高,会导致脱体激波位置前移,转子吸力面激波作用位置后移,前缘溢流现象减弱,叶尖泄漏涡与激波作用增强,间隙区域涡量增加,靠近前缘的涡核向下游移动,但附面层与激波之间的作用减弱;不同叶顶间隙值的压气机失速机制不同,在小间隙下压气机失速是由叶尖泄漏涡和转子吸力面附面层分离共同作用引起的,在大间隙下压气机失速是由叶尖泄漏涡引起的;在研究的变化范围内,叶顶间隙值为0.50τ时,压气机性能最好,峰值效率和稳定裕度分别提高了0.16%和2.39%;将最优间隙改型成平行扩张式和正弦波间隙后,压气机性能提高,脱体激波后移,叶尖泄漏涡与激波作用程度减弱,转子吸力面附面层分离减弱,改型间隙能够减少叶片制作材料,减轻发动机质量。