A Semi-Classical Signal Analysis Method for the Analysis of Turbomachinery Flow Unsteadiness

Fadi Eleiwi, Taous Meriem Laleg-Kirati, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology IMPORTANCE OF SIGNAL ANALYSIS IN TURBOMACHINES Better understanding of the system. Prevent performance degradation. OPERATIONS OVER INVARIANTS P [Pa] time rate of the cube of dynamic viscosity Pressure V [m/s] Volumetric flow rate Q [m3/s] Not used

ANOMALIES ENGINEERING ORIENTED SIGNAL ANALYSIS METHODS Method Fourier transform Short time Fourier transform Wigner-Ville distribution wavelet transform Drawbacks not suitable for non-stationary signals analysis provides constant frequencies resolution for all

Velocity

Volumetric flow rate

REDEFINING FLUIDS STANDARDS = 1 2 2 2 1 2 12 ( ) 1 22 Cavitations number Mach number

interference terms that appear in the time frequency plane not robust to noise and occurrence of overlapping also the = 2 1 Reynolds (linear) Reynolds (pipes)

SEMI-CLASSICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS Recently introduced method by Laleg et al. Interprets a signal as a potential of a Schrdinger operator. represents the signal using the discrete spectrum of Schrdinger operator. Introduce Spectral parameters.

= 2 1 1 = 1
2

2 = 1

Cauchy number

Tested on arterial blood pressure.

Reynolds (Kinematic viscosity)

SCSA FLOW CHART

4 22 2 = 9 12 1 2 1 24 = 2 1 ( 1 2 )
2

3 12

ANALYSIS OF MULTI-PERIOD SIGNALS Equal/ multiple interval Constant Constant Fraction interval Periodic Periodic

Invariant Eigenvalue

SCSA SPECTRAL PARAMETERS FOR TURBOMACHINES , for = 0, , = 0 otherwise. 1 =

EFFECT OF BLADES NUMBER ON TURBOMACHINES PRESSURE SIGNAL

Original 4,5 and 6 blades signals
165000

2 =

32 2

160000 155000

PURPOSE OF TESTING SCSA OVER TUBOMACHINES

Value

150000 145000 140000 t (s) 135000 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000

Predicting the performance collapse due to cavitation, degassing or pumping. Advanced analysis of pressure waves downstream turbomachines. Diagnostic of turbomachines conduct.

PHYSICS BEHIND INVARIANTS Flow rate, Q[ /] [ ]: Volume

y(t)_4

Weber number

Froude

y(t)_5

y(t)_6

Pressure, P[Pa] Velocity, V[/]

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Number of blades has no relation with the amplitude of the signal. The higher number of blades will give higher values for 1st and 2nd Invariants with Gaussian distribution.
First invariants of 4,5 and 6 blades Vs. period
4260 4240 4220 4200 4180 4160 4140 4120 -1

dynamic

[]: length

viscosity
Value

Second invariants of 4,5 and 6 blades Vs. period

6.05E+08 6.00E+08 5.95E+08 5.90E+08 5.85E+08 5.80E+08 5.75E+08 5.70E+08 -1 4-blades

rate of the squared dynamic viscosity

: kinematic

: not used

viscosity

4 Period

14

Value

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time

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4 Period 5-blades

9 6-blades

14

4-blades

5-blades

6-blades

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