Dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback

August 1993

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gysling, Daniel L.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gas Turbine Laboratory
Format: Technical Report
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Gas Turbine Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1993] 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104755
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spelling mit-1721.1/1047552019-04-09T19:17:11Z Dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback Gysling, Daniel L. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gas Turbine Laboratory TJ990 .G97 1993 TJ778.M41 G24 no.219 Axial flow compressors -- Aerodynamics Stalling (Aerodynamics) August 1993 Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252) Dynamic control of rotating stall in an axial flow compressor has been implemented using aeromechanical feedback. The control strategy developed used an array of wall jets upstream of a single stage compressor which were regulated by locally reacting reed valves. These reed valves responded to pressure perturbations in the flow that were associated with small amplitude perturbations that precede rotating stall. The control strategy was designed such that the combined system of compressor plus the reed valve controller was stable in previously unstable operating conditions. A 10% decrease in the stalling flow coefficient was achieved using this dynamic feedback control strategy, and the stable flow range was extended with no noticeable change in the steady state performance of the compression system. The experimental demonstration is the first use of aeromechanical feedback to extend the stable operating range of an axial flow compressor, as well as the first use of locally reacting feedback and dynamic compensation techniques to stabilize rotating stall in an axial flow compressor. The design of the experiment was based on a two-dimensional model of the rotating stall dynamics which incorporated the effect of aeromechanical feedback. The physical mechanism responsible for rotating stall in axial flow compressors was examined with focus on the role of dynamic feedback in stabilizing compression system instability. The effectiveness of the aeromechanical control strategy was predicted, and experimentally demonstrated, to be a function of a set of non-dimensional control parameters that determine the interaction of the control strategy and the rotating stall dynamics. Predictions based on linear stability analyses and non-linear numerical simulations agreed qualitatively with the steady state and time resolved experimental data. During the experimental investigations, large amplitude, one-dimensional acoustic oscillations were observed in the compression system with aeromechanical feedback stabilization. Based on these observations, the role of the compression system parameters in the acoustic oscillations was examined analytically and a method was developed to reduce these oscillations. The mechanism responsible for the generation of self-excited acoustic oscillations, and the implications for dynamic control of compression system instabilities was also examined. 2016-10-06T21:22:27Z 2016-10-06T21:22:27Z 1993 Technical Report http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104755 32009669 GTL report #219 347 pages application/pdf Cambridge, Mass. : Gas Turbine Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1993]
spellingShingle TJ990 .G97 1993
TJ778.M41 G24 no.219
Axial flow compressors -- Aerodynamics
Stalling (Aerodynamics)
Gysling, Daniel L.
Dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback
title Dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback
title_full Dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback
title_fullStr Dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback
title_short Dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback
title_sort dynamic control of rotating stall in axial flow compressors using aeromechanical feedback
topic TJ990 .G97 1993
TJ778.M41 G24 no.219
Axial flow compressors -- Aerodynamics
Stalling (Aerodynamics)
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104755
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