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Axial Compressor: Analysis CFX
Axial Compressor: Analysis CFX
Analysis CFX
Literature
1. Aerodynamics- Houghton y Carpenter- Book
2. Aircraft design – Ajoy Kumar Kndu – Book
3. Thermal machines – Notebook – Engineer Camara
Assumptions
1. The outlet pressure as 0.94 atm.
2. The air flow velocity as 250 m/s
3. Velocity of the rotor considered static.
4. Boundary is cylinder
5. The rotor is inlet
6. The stator is outlet
7. It is compressor axial
8. There wasn’t considered any material properties for the compressor.
9. Turbulence as 10 %
10. Pressure in outlet as 0.94 atm
11. The temperature of the air flow as 25 °C
12. The edge of the blade in the inlet zone is 30 °
13. The edge of the blade in the outlet zone is 20 °
Free Body Diagram Schematic
Out
Boundary
Int
Mesh Specifications 3D
Node Elements Method
322707 1821822 Automatic
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In the blades of the rotor the absolute speed of the air increases and in those of the stator
decreases until increasing its initial speed. As a result of this, there is an increase in the kinetic
energy in the mobile blades and a decrease in the fixed blades. What happens is that the kinetic
energy transmitted to the air in the rotor is transformed into energy in pressure in the stator.
For the design of the blades it is necessary to relate the required sensitivity to the speeds of each
staggering of the compressor. It is considered that the flow occurs in the tangential plane at the
height of the means of the blade, where the rotor speed occurs twice the speed and rotation.
Hand calculations
There is a velocity triangle that describes how the air flows, so describe the edges about inlet
and outlet of the blades. And vectors for the rotors and stators.
Inlet Outlet
V2
V1 Β2
Axis Ca2
Β1 A2
Axis
Ca1
U
Α1
C2
C1
Ca = Ca1 = Ca2 this is the axial velocity because this velocity is constant around the steps. If you
remember the specific work (W) is given by:
𝑊 = 𝑈(𝐶𝑤2 − 𝐶𝑤1)
𝑊 = (𝑈 𝐶𝑎)(𝑇𝑎𝑛 𝐴1 + 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝐵2)
This energy of inlet it will be absorb before increases the pressure an velocity of the air.
Enclosure details
Shape Boolean Target Bodies Axis X Axis Y Axis Z
operation
Cylindrical Subtract All bodies 0.4 in 0.4 in 0.4 in
Fluid details
Fluid Entry Entry pressure Inlet settings Outlet Turbulence
temperatur settings
e
Air 25 °C 1 atm Velocity as Pressure as 10 %
250 m/s 0.94 atm
Results
Pressure Velocity Pressure #Points #Points #Points
contour streamline Gradient Streamline Pressure Streamline
streamline Velocity Turbulence
𝑚 𝐾𝑔
Maximum 3.964 Mpa 1829 4.311𝑥108 800 100 100
𝑠 𝑚2 𝑠 2
𝑚 𝐾𝑔
Minimum -1.185 Mpa 2.532 9.823𝑥104 800 100 100
𝑠 𝑚2 𝑠 2
Graph Momentum and Mass & Turbulence
Graph Turbulence
Conclusions
As the objective of this analysis is to increase the dynamic pressure, since that is the function of
the compressor, since the air flow enters axially to the compressor, crossing the blades. For the
design of the blades was based on the theory of the triangles of speeds. In the analysis it can be
observed that by the middle of the flow lines, the particles enter with the entry speed, 250 m s.
When making contact with the blades it loses speed, but as they move along the blades the speed
increases the dynamic pressure.
In this analysis the compressor is not compressing, because when the air hits the entrance blades,
its speed decreases, causing an increase in pressure, however since the compressor is totally
static, the fluid will not compress but decompress , performing the function of a turbine. The
parameters to design the blades, it is in the triangles of the speeds, should be considered a beta
angle, which tells us how much curvature we have our blades. As well as the size of the rope and
the distance of one blade with respect to another.
The input and output parameters are controlled, forcing the inlet pressure into the of 1 atm and
output 0.94 atm. The general design of an axial compressor, focuses on that the blades are
decreasing, since theoretically and experimentally, when passing the fluid through the blades,
whichever is smaller than the area where it passes, the temperature increases causing an
increase in the dynamic pressure, and makes the speed decrease.
The design of this compressor, is decreases the size of the rope the blades, however it has the
same edge. The number of Blades it is very important, put few blades the fluid it won’t compress
and if you put too much blades el fluid will completely stop. It is provoking a deformation in the
blades or the compress.
The Boundary it help us to maintain the streamline of the fluid very close to the blades of
compressor, for observing how the streamlines flow around the compress, so it was analyzed the
pressure of gradient.
Mass flow is constant (No change of the entry mass and outlet mass of air) and velocity is a
function of flow mass, density and area so we can notice that: m =̇ ρvA then: v=m /̇ ρA as we can
appreciate in the equation when area gets smaller, velocity increases.
Appendix
Figure 1. Contour 1