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Ronald H. Aungier
Product Development
Elliott Company
Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Presented at the International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition
Cincinnati, Ohio May 24-27, 1993
RETURN CHANNEL PERFORMANCE where A7 includes the vane metal blockage, while A, does not.
-The return channel vane passage performance shares many The wake mixing loss coefficient is given by
common features with the author's vaned diffuser analysis = [(Csp - Co) / C6] 2 (23)
(Aungier, 1990), both of which are adaptations of a mean
streamline impeller flow analysis. A significant difference is the The loss coefficient due to the exit turn into the eye of the next
treatment of incidence losses, which are strongly influenced by stage is given by
flow distortion imposed by the upstream crossover bend. Two LCo = / C6)2 (24)
estimates of aerodynamic area blockage factors at the vane
entrance are made, and the smaller value is used. which is derived from equation (13) for a 90 turn, assuming a
1 constant velocity. Our analysis also includes the choking loss of
- (14) Aungier, 1990. But, since the author has never seen choke in a
1 + g (12R)
return channel, it will not be repeated here. The flow discharge
angle is computed from the transformed axial flow compressor
KB = (r6b6) (15) deviation angle model reported in Aungier (1990). The position
of the point of maximum camber, the vane solidity and camber
Equation (14) is a simple inviscid flow estimate using the average angle are estimated using the vane camberline vane angle at
radius of curvature, R, of the crossover bend. Equation (15) mid-chord, O.,.
estimates blockage due to stall, based upon equation (11). The
Minimum incidence loss is assumed to occur when the flow inlet
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TABLE I: COMPRESSOR STAGE DESIGN DATA 0
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STAGE n. M. b./r4 b./b4 b./R 20cs
0 a
O TEST DATA
- PREDICTION
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0
- PREDICTION
0 0 TEST DATA m
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0 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 -6.0 0.0 4.0 8.0 12.0 16.0
% DESIGN FLOW RETURN CHANNEL VANE INCIDENCE - degrees
FIGURE 3: VANELESS DIFFUSER PERFORMANCE FOR COMPRESSOR "C" FIGURE 6: RETURN SYSTEM PERFORMANCE FOR COMPRESSOR "A42"
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Y = r7, / r6 (33) The blade maximum thickness, t,,, and its location, x,/c, are
specified, as are t 6 and t 7 . Figure 9 shows a typical return
(cot0 6 - cot0 7 )(k6 + - 2) channel vane designed with these equations.
D- (34)
3(Y - 1) 3 With reference to figure 8, the design constraints imposed on
the return system design are r b 4 , and the diffuser exit flow
(cotp 6 - coti3 7 )(K7 - K6) 9 angle (from the vaned or vaneless diffuser design). To complete
C- + + I) (35) definition of the crossover contours, the designer must specify the
4(Y - 1) 2 4 following
Axial Distance
FIGURE 8: RETURN SYSTEM GEOMETRY
44,
CONCLUSIONS
3
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Z
41ID
,
'- sr Mean streamline aerodynamic performance models have been
U6.0 6:74, 14, presented for vaneless annular passages and return channels.
Predicted loss coefficients for vaneless diffusers and return
0
U systems show excellent agreement with experimental data. These
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opppuse performance models are well suited to interactive aerodynamic
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A design activity and can be incorporated into any mean line
centrifugal compressor performance analysis.
Cl "
0
0 A systematic interactive design system for return system design
0 60
20 80 40
100 120 140 has been presented. It has dramatically reduced the engineering
t DESIGN FLOW time required for this design activity. Test results from a recent
FIGURE 10: COMPONENT PERFORMANCE FOR COMPRESSOR "E" return system design accomplished with this design system show
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