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calculation of the typical conditions is carried out to evaluate a sufficient surge margin to avoid the surge phenomenon and
the effectiveness of the component matching method. guarantee the normal operation of a turbofan engine.
According to the experimental method and the test
METHODOLOGY condition parameters of the compressor characteristic, a
A flow characteristic model is proposed to convert the relationship between the pressure ratio C and the mass flow
efficiency contour problem to the problem of considering the
highest efficiency at different speeds because the efficiency m C can be obtained based on the theoretical formula of
contour is hard to be expressed with a suitable model. The orifice mass flow. The relationship equation is shown as
component matching method is achieved based on the flow follow:
characteristic model.
m C AC 2 in C 1 (1)
Flow Characteristic Model
The compressor characteristic map consists of the steady where AC is equivalent flow area of the compressor, in is
operation zone and the unsteady operation zone. The highest the density of intake air.
efficiency zone which is close to the surge line locates in the To ensure the compressor characteristic independent of
middle position of the steady operation zone. The dashed line intake conditions, the characteristic map is usually expressed
represents a pitch line of a compressor, as shown in Figure 1. as a function of the pressure ratio and the corrected mass
The pitch line is a performance curve which is measured by flow. Therefore, to meet the requirements on determining the
changing the compressor speed when the throttle area compressor characteristic, the equation (1) is changed as
downstream of the compressor is constant. The performance follow:
curve can be approximately taken as the corresponding
relationship between the mass flow of an orifice and the RTref
orifice pressure difference, and its shape is similar to the C 2
m cor
2
1
variation trend of the quadratic polynomial equation.
2 pref A C
(2)
cor is the corrected mass flow of the compressor, R
where m
is the gas constant, pref and Tref are the reference
unsteady operation zone pressure and reference temperature respectively which are
used to calculated the corrected mass flow.
Pressure ratio
2
2.6 matching method based on the flow characteristic model is
still effective for improving the fuel economy of turbofan
2.4 engines.
Ac=23.16m2
2.2 pitch line
flow characteristic model
Performance Index Function Based on Flow
2.0 Characteristic Model
Pressure ratio
0 i 1 (3)
4 8 12 16 20 24 28
Corrected mass flow (kg/s)
where U is the performance index function, AC ,i is the
c) compressor
equivalent flow area corresponding to a certain typical
Figure 2 Verification Results of the Flow condition, AC ,opt is an optimized equivalent flow area which
Characteristic model
can provide the relatively high efficiency for different typical
Figure 2 shows the comparison between the pitch line conditions, Wi is the weight coefficient of a certain typical
and the curve of the pressure ratio and the corrected mass
flow which is calculated by the flow characteristic model. condition, and n is the number of typical conditions of
The curves of the flow characteristic model pass through the turbofan engines.
high efficiency zone of the fan, booster and compressor. The According to the equation (3), there is the only
curve of the flow characteristic model can fit the pitch line equivalent flow area AC ,opt to achieve the minimum value
perfectly for the compressor, as shown in Figure 2-c. of the performance index function. The corresponding curve
However the difference between the curve of the flow of the flow characteristic model can be represented by the
characteristic model and the pitch line becomes large at high AC ,opt value, and then the adequate component characteristic
rotational speeds for the fan and booster, as shown in Figure
2-a and Figure 2-b. Therefore, the flow characteristic model map is selected when its pitch line coincide with the curve of
is more applicable for the compressor than that for the fan the flow characteristic model practically. Therefore, the
matching scheme of the fan, booster and compressor can be
and booster.
finally determined.
The core engine design is the key factor that affects the
fuel economy of the turbofan engine. The compressor power
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
dominates the required total compression power in the intake
To demonstrate this component matching method, a
path. Therefore, the calculation accuracy of the flow
configuration of two-spool turbofan engine is selected. Its
characteristic model for the compressor can ensure the
thrust requirements and corresponding weight coefficient of
optimization design of the core engine, and the component
typical operating conditions are shown in Table 1. The
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typical operating conditions consists of one take-off component characteristic maps are selected to achieve the
operation point, three climb operation points and three cruise matching scheme of this turbofan engine.
operation points. The take-off thrust is largest thrust among
Table 3 Fan Characteristic Requirements
them, and the weight coefficient is smallest due to its small
proportion of the whole flight mission cycle. The Cruise 2 Conditions Pressure ratio Corrected mass flow(kg/s) AC ,i (m2)
and Cruise 3 conditions require the relatively small thrust 1:Take off 1.668 388.527 303.59
with the largest weight coefficient because they spend the 2:Climb 1 1.555 370.594 317.87
3:Climb 2 1.635 388.742 311.74
main operating time within the whole flight mission cycle. 4:Climb 3 1.770 415.94 302.71
Table 1 Thrust Requirements of Typical Conditions 5:Cruise 1 1.357 329.104 351.94
6:Cruise 2 1.687 399.284 307.78
Conditions Altitude(m) ISA(K) Ma Wi Thrust(daN) 7:Cruise 3 1.692 400.353 307.42
1:Take off 0 15 0 0.04 12763
2:Climb 1 3048 10 0.45 0.1 5160 Table 4 Booster Characteristic Requirements
3:Climb 2 6096 10 0.61 0.1 3899
4:Climb 3 10668 10 0.785 0.14 2613 Conditions Pressure ratio Corrected mass flow(kg/s) AC ,i (m2)
5:Cruise 1 6096 0 0.61 0.06 1965
6:Cruise 2 10668 0 0.785 0.28 2256 1:Take off 1.843 37.775 26.28
7:Cruise 3 11278 0 0.785 0.28 2068 2:Climb 1 1.833 33.128 23.19
3:Climb 2 1.941 35.924 23.65
The cycle design point is selected at the cruise flight 4:Climb 3 2.119 40.464 24.43
5:Cruise 1 1.615 23.830 19.41
condition on an ISA day because it is the condition at which 6:Cruise 2 2.050 36.916 23.01
the turbofan engine will spend most time. It is common 7:Cruise 3 2.065 36.919 22.85
practice to design the engine for uninstalled conditions.
Table 5 Compressor Characteristic Requirements
According to the parametric study process, the main
parameters such as total pressure ratio, design bypass ratio Conditions Pressure ratio Corrected mass flow(kg/s) AC ,i (m2)
and turbine inlet temperature are determined with the 1:Take off 19.239 23.051 3.45
consideration of the normal operation temperature limit, the 2:Climb 1 16.283 20.260 3.31
mechanical limit and aerodynamic parameter limit. The 3:Climb 2 16.954 20.939 3.35
4:Climb 3 18.057 21.953 3.40
results of cycle parameter selection are shown in Table 2. 5:Cruise 1 12.426 16.242 3.07
The total pressure ratio is 35.36. The design bypass ratio is 6:Cruise 2 16.652 20.568 3.32
10.5. The turbine inlet temperature is 1680K. This cycle 7:Cruise 3 16.539 20.449 3.31
parameter scheme achieve the SFC of 0.547 kg/(kgf·h) at Table 6 Compressor
cycle design point. Component Fan Booster Compressor
Table 2 Main Parameters at Cycle Design Point Optimized equivalent flow area (m2) 310.86 23.16 3.32
Parameters Value
The selected component characteristic maps are
Fan outer pressure ratio 1.677
Booster pressure ratio 1.98 expressed as discrete form, and the performance calculation
HPC pressure ratio 18.5 is carried out to evaluate the improvement effect with the use
Total pressure ratio 35.36 of adequate component characteristic determined by the
Design bypass ratio 10.5
Turbine inlet temperature (K) 1680
component matching method.
Specific fuel consumption (kg/(kgf·h)) 0.547 The comparison of component efficiency at typical
conditions is shown in Figure 3. The reference cycle refers to
Based on the cycle parameter scheme, the characteristic the cycle parameter scheme determined by traditional
requirements of the fan, booster and compressor are achieved method, and the optimization cycle refers to the cycle
through the off-design calculation with GasTurb. The parameter scheme determined by the component matching
pressure ratio and the corrected mass flow of typical method based on the flow characteristic model. The
conditions are calculated for installed conditions, and the correspondence of booster efficiency between the reference
corresponding equivalent flow areas are obtained with the cycle and the optimization cycle give a same variation trend
equation (2). The calculated results are shown in Table 3 to as that of compressor efficiency at different typical
Table5. It can be seen that the required equivalent flow area conditions. For the optimization cycle, the booster and
differs from the typical operation conditions. The equivalent compressor efficiencies are increased at typical conditions
flow area which meets the take-off thrust cannot adapt to that except for the take-off condition, as shown in Figure 3-b and
required by the Cruise 2 thrust. Therefore, an optimized Figure 3-c. It can be seen from Figure 3-a, the fan
equivalent flow area is demanded to cope with the different efficiencies for the optimization cycle are much higher than
requirements of typical operating conditions. that for the reference cycle at the take-off condition and the
Based on the performance index function, the optimized Climb1 condition. The fan efficiencies for the optimization
equivalent flow area is calculated with the differentiation of cycle are much lower than that for the reference cycle at the
the function U . The weight coefficient used for different Climb3 condition.
operating points are shown in Table 1. The results of
optimized equivalent flow area for the fan, booster and
compressor are shown in Table 6, and then the adequate
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in the increase of turbine inlet temperature to meet the
0.906 requirement of the increased compression power, as shown
in Figure 4. The turbine inlet temperature can be kept
0.904 approximately constant at the Climb3 condition with the
decrease of fan efficiency and the increase of booster and
Isentropic efficiency
1700
0.86
Temperature difference (K)
2
Topt-Tref
0.84 0
0.78 -6
5
0.7 34
33
sfc (kg/(kgf·h))
0.6
32
0.5
SM_HPC (%)
31
reference cycle
optimization cycle 30
0.4
29
0.3 28
0.000
sfc difference (kg/(kgf·h))
27 reference cycle
-0.001 sfcopt-sfcref optimization cycle
26
-0.002 25
-0.003 Takeoff Climb1 Climb2 Climb3 Cruise1 Cruise2 Cruise3
-0.004 c) compressor
-0.005
Figure 6 The Comparison of Component Surge
Takeoff Climb1 Climb2 Climb3 Cruise1 Cruise2 Cruise3
Margin at Typical Conditions
Figure 5 The Comparison of Specific Fuel The booster surge margin is a limited target for the
Consumption at Typical Conditions engine scheme design and the management strategy of
variable actuation element. It can be seen from Figure 6-b
that the booster would not have sufficient surge margin at the
180
Cruise1 condition. The VBV valve will open to meet the
surge margin requirement. The booster surge margin
reference cycle
160
optimization cycle
achieves its maximum value at take-off condition. As for
other typical conditions, the booster surge margin is within
SM_Fan (%)
40 Aopt=310.86m2
optimization cycle 2.00
SM_Booster (%)
30
1.75
20
1.50
10
1.25
0
1.00
-10
0.75
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
-20 Corrected mass flow (kg/s)
Takeoff Climb1 Climb2 Climb3 Cruise1 Cruise2 Cruise3
a) fan
b) booster
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2.6 of booster and compressor are increased at typical condition
2.4 except for the take-off condition.
pitch line A =23.16m2
2.2 flow characteristic model opt
2. The weighted specific fuel consumption is reduced to
optimization cycle 0.602kg/(kgf•h) with the reduction of 0.82% compared to the
2.0
reference cycle.
Pressure ratio
8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support
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provided by the AECC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co.,
0
Ltd. The work in this paper was supported by the Wide
4 8 12 16 20 24 28 Bodied Commercial Aircraft Engine Demand and Key
Corrected mass flow (kg/s)
Support Technology Program (Project Number=MT-2014-D-
c) compressor 20).
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