Coupling Analysis between Through Flow and Hub-Shroud Side Leakage Flow of a Centrifugal Compressor Stage[J]. 2017, 51(7): 73-77.
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Coupling Analysis between Through Flow and Hub-Shroud Side Leakage Flow of a Centrifugal Compressor Stage[J]. 2017, 51(7): 73-77.DOI: 10.7652/xjtuxb201707011.
Coupling Analysis between Through Flow and Hub-Shroud Side Leakage Flow of a Centrifugal Compressor Stage
In order to reveal the coupling interaction between centrifugal compressor's through flow and hub-shroud labyrinth seal leakage flow
the inlet stage of a centrifugal compressor in natural gas pipeline was studied in this paper. Numerical simulations of internal flow fields of the centrifugal compressor stage with and without labyrinth seal were carried out. The results showed that the model with seal has lower isotropic efficiency and total-to-total pressure ratio than the model without seal
especially at low flow rates. Both the seal cavities with the alternate long-short seal teeth of identical thickness and with the trapezoid seal teeth are capable of dissipating the gas pressure and kinetic energy into heat energy
thus significantly decreasing the leakage flow rate. The mixing of leakage flow and through flow can lead to the separation of through flow near inlet and outlet of centrifugal impeller. Subject to shroud-side leakage flow
the through flow near the impeller inlet suffers significant increase in entropy and hence a deterioration in the aerodynamic performance of the whole stage. The present work would provide a theoretical foundation for the in-depth understanding of the interaction between through flow and hub-shroud side leakage flow and for the improvement in the aerodynamic performance prediction model of the in-service centrifugal compressors.
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