KR20180002140A - An apparatus for stall suppression of a compressor by porous material - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus to suppress a stall using a porous body, which is able to spray compressed air to a compressor rotor, which compresses air introduced at an entrance of a compressor, thereby delaying a stall or surge generated in a compressor. According to the present invention, the apparatus comprises: a casing; and the porous body. The casing guides a flow of air introduced into a compressor, and has a spray hole formed on a wall adjacent to a leading edge unit of the compressor rotor. The porous body is inserted into the spray hole to coincide with an internal wall surface of the wall. Accordingly, the present invention is able to spray compressed air supplied from an external side of the casing towards the leading edge unit through the porous body, thereby suppressing the generation of a stall.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for stall suppression using a porous body,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a stall prevention device using a porous body, and more particularly, to a stall prevention device using stagnant or surge phenomena generated in a compressor by injecting compressed air into a compressor rotor, The present invention relates to a stall prevention device using a porous body for delaying a stall.

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a compressor applied to a gas turbine engine, a jet engine, or the like increases the compression ratio as the air flow rate decreases, thereby improving the efficiency. When the compression ratio of the air is excessively increased, an unstable air flow phenomenon called a stall or a surge occurs and the compression efficiency of the compressor is remarkably lowered.

Therefore, the conventional compressor operates the engine at a point sufficiently distant from the point of occurrence of stall or surge, and the performance of the engine can not be sufficiently obtained. In addition, if the compressor falls into the stall or surge state, the pressure ratio of the compressor is lowered and noise and vibration are generated.

For reference, the stall is a phenomenon in which the flow of air is delayed due to the turbulence leaking from the tips of the blades coupled to the compressor rotor and the interaction of shock waves due to vortex and air compression. The surge is a phenomenon that the stall is diffused throughout the compressor and the air flow stagnates or flows backwards, and the concept includes noise, vibration, and deterioration caused by the stall.

Various techniques have been developed, including techniques for injecting compressed air into a compressor rotor to suppress or delay such stall or surge phenomena.

1 is a view showing an example of a conventional stall restraining device.

1, a conventional stall prevention device includes a casing 20 in which a compressor rotor 10 is installed and a plurality of injection holes 30 formed in a wall 21 of the casing 20, The compressed air is injected between the casing 10 and the tip 10a of the compressor rotor 10 through the injection hole 30, that is, the position where the stator is generated, Is suppressed or delayed.

The conventional stall restraining device has a problem that the stall restraint device is prevented from being bent due to the injection hole 30 formed in the inner wall surface 22 of the casing 20, The air introduced from the outside flows from the inlet to the outlet of the casing 20, and turbulence and vortex are generated. In this case, there is a problem that air is rubbed against the injection hole 30, noise, vibration, and pressure loss are generated. As the air passes through the vicinity of the injection hole 30, the air is changed into an abnormal and irregular flow, There is a problem that the air velocity and the pressure loss are generated.

However, if the area of the injection hole 30 is increased, the rigidity of the casing 20 is lowered, so there is a limit to increase the area of the injection hole 30 .

In the conventional stall suppression device, the areas of the injection holes 30 are all the same, and the injection holes 30 are formed in the casing (not shown) 20, and the stall can not be effectively controlled according to the flow characteristics of the air.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0077335 (entitled "Axial-flow compressor and its fluid stabilization control method"

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, to solve the unstable flow of air due to bending of the injection holes, The present invention provides a stall restraining device using a porous body capable of effectively suppressing stalling in accordance with flow characteristics appearing in a region.

In order to accomplish the above object, the stall suppressing apparatus using the porous article of the present invention is provided with guide holes for guiding the flow of the air introduced into the compressor and having spray holes formed through the wall adjacent to the leading edge of the compressor rotor Casing; And a porous body inserted into the injection hole so as to coincide with the inner wall surface of the wall, wherein compressed air supplied from the outside of the casing is injected toward the leading edge portion through the porous body, whereby occurrence of stall is suppressed .

In the stall suppression apparatus using the porous article according to the present invention, the injection holes may be formed in many of the walls of the casing along the circumferential direction in which the compressor rotor is rotated.

In the stall suppression apparatus using the porous article according to the present invention, the injection hole includes a first injection hole and a second injection hole spaced apart from the first injection hole in the circumferential direction in which the compressor rotor is rotated, Wherein the porous body has a first porous body inserted into the first injection hole and a second porous body inserted into the second injection hole, wherein a distance between the first injection hole and a rotation center of the compressor rotor is larger than a distance When the distance between the second injection hole and the rotation center of the compressor rotor is shorter than the distance between the second injection hole and the rotation center of the compressor rotor, the porosity of the first porous body may be smaller than the porosity of the second porous body.

In the stall suppression apparatus using the porous article according to the present invention, the injection holes may be formed in a plurality of walls of the casing along the flow direction of the air from the compressor to the turbine.

The stall suppression apparatus using the porous article according to the present invention is characterized in that the ejection hole has a third ejection hole and a fourth ejection hole spaced apart from the third ejection hole along the flow direction of the air, A third porous body inserted into the third injection hole, and a fourth porous body inserted into the fourth injection hole, wherein the porosity of the third porous body is larger than the porosity of the fourth porous body.

In the stall suppressing device using the porous article according to the present invention, the porous article is divided into an interior portion along the flow direction of the air, a first porous powder adjacent to an inlet through which the air flows, an outlet through which the air is discharged And the second porous powder may have a porosity larger than that of the second porous powder.

In the stall restraint apparatus using the porous article according to the present invention, the thermal expansion coefficient of the porous article is equal to or larger than the thermal expansion coefficient of the casing, so that the porous article is expanded by the heat of the air and can be closely contacted within the injection hole.

According to the stall suppressing apparatus using the porous article of the present invention, the stall can be effectively controlled by applying the area of the injection hole to a wider range.

Further, according to the stall suppressing apparatus using the porous article of the present invention, it is possible to prevent flow instability, noise and vibration, speed reduction, pressure loss, and the like due to the injection hole.

Further, according to the stall restraint apparatus using the porous article of the present invention, as the distance between the tip of the compressor rotor and the casing becomes larger, more compressed air is injected, and the stall can be more efficiently controlled.

Further, according to the stall restraint apparatus using the porous article of the present invention, more compressed air is injected into the tip portion of the compressor rotor disposed closer to the inlet side of the compressor, and the stall can be more effectively suppressed.

Further, according to the stall restraint apparatus using the porous article of the present invention, the compressed air injected from the porous article is injected more at the inlet with a higher degree of occurrence of stall than at the outlet with less occurrence of stall, .

Further, according to the stall restraint apparatus using the porous article of the present invention, the porous article can be firmly fixed to the casing, and rigidity of the casing can be reinforced.

Further, according to the stall restraining device using the porous article of the present invention, it is possible to maximize the stall restraining efficiency by effectively dispersing the limited compressed air capacity in each region of the casing, thereby improving the stability and performance of the gas turbine engine Can be guaranteed.

1 is a view showing an example of a conventional stall restraining device,
2 is a side cross-sectional view schematically showing a stall restraining device using a porous body according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a front view of the stall restraining device using the porous body of FIG. 2,
Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a stall restraining device using the porous body of Fig. 2,
FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing an enlarged view of the injection hole portion according to the stall suppressing device using the porous body of FIG. 2. FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a stall restraint apparatus using a porous article according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view schematically showing a stall restraining device using a porous body according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a front view of the stall restraining device using the porous body of FIG. 2, FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing an enlarged view of a spray hole portion according to a stall restraint apparatus using the porous body of FIG. 2. FIG.

2 to 5, a stall restraining apparatus 1 using a porous body according to the present embodiment is provided with a compressor R for compressing air A introduced from an inlet I of a compressor C, The stall restraint apparatus using the porous body 200 that injects air (Ac) (refer to FIG. 4) and delays the stall or surge phenomenon generated in the compressor C, 200).

The casing 100 guides the flow of the air A introduced into the compressor C and forms a spray hole 120 penetrating through the wall 110 adjacent to the leading edge LE of the compressor rotor R Respectively.

For reference, the compressor (C), which is one of the components of the gas turbine engine, sucks air (A) from the atmosphere and compresses the air (A) to a predetermined pressure, and then supplies compressed air to the combustor. The compressor rotor R, which is coupled to the compressor C and rotates at high speed, may be configured in multiple stages along the flow direction of the air.

Since the tip swirling flow S that can cause flow instability such as stall is initiated at the leading edge LE of the compressor rotor R where the air introduced into the compressor C first strikes and stagnates, It is preferable to form the rotor 120 adjacent to the leading edge portion LE of the compressor rotor R in view of the stall restraining efficiency. That is, the amount of compressed air (Ac) confined to the leading edge portion (LE) where the tip leakage flow (S) capable of stalling diffuses is concentrated.

The porous body 200 is inserted into the injection hole 120 so as to coincide with the inner wall surface of the wall 110 as shown in FIG. 2 or 5, and the compressed air Ac supplied from the outside of the casing 100 The tip leakage flow S generated at the leading edge LE is delayed or suppressed by being injected toward the leading edge LE through the porous body 200. [ The porous body 200 may be made of a porous ceramic or a porous special alloy, and is not particularly limited as long as it is a material resistant to high temperature and oxidation.

At this time, it is preferable that the thermal expansion coefficient of the porous article 200 is made equal to or larger than the thermal expansion coefficient of the casing 100 so that the porous article 200 is expanded by the heat of the adiabatically compressed air and is closely contacted in the injection hole 120 . This is for firmly fixing the porous article 200 to the casing 100 and reinforcing the rigidity of the casing 100.

Conventionally, there is no means for filling the injection hole 120. The larger the area of the injection hole 120 is, the lower the rigidity of the casing 100, and therefore, the increase in the area of the injection hole 120 is limited. Therefore, the region where the injection hole 120 does not exist is relatively large, and the stall generated here can not be effectively controlled.

In contrast, according to the present invention, since the injection hole 120 is filled with the porous member 200, the area of the injection hole 120 can be wider than the case where the rigidity of the casing 100 is reduced. 3 or 4, the lateral length L1 of the injection hole 120, which is parallel to the circumferential direction W1 in which the compressor rotor R is rotated, is smaller than the lateral length L1 between the tips T of the compressor rotor R, The longitudinal length L2 of the injection hole 120 which is longer than the pitch P and is parallel to the flow direction W2 of the air A is equal to or shorter than the length of the pitch P, .

That is, since the porous body 200 covers the tip portion T of the leading edge portion LE where the stall is generated, the vortex due to the tip leakage flow S generated over the entire region of the tip T is blocked by the hub H) side to attenuate the stall, the stall can be more effectively controlled.

The shape and size of the injection hole can be variously applied. For example, when the shape of the injection hole is circular, the diameter of the injection hole may be smaller than the pitch P. When the shape of the injection hole is a quadrangle, the lateral length L1 of the injection hole 120 is the leading edge The length L1 of the injection hole 120 and the length L2 of the injection hole 120 may be applied to the trailing edge portion It is not limited.

Particularly, since the porous body 200 is inserted into the injection hole 120 so as to coincide with the inner wall surface of the wall 110 of the casing 100, in other words, the injection hole 120 is filled with the porous body 200, 120) is flattened without bending, it is possible to solve problems such as flow instability (turbulence and eddy current), noise and vibration, speed reduction, and pressure loss due to the injection holes generated in the conventional stall suppression device .

3, a plurality of injection holes 120 are formed at predetermined intervals in the wall 110 of the casing 100 along the circumferential direction W1 in which the compressor rotor R is rotated, The gap between the tip T of the compressor rotor R and the casing 100 may be changed due to the eccentricity of the center O of rotation of the compressor rotor R due to assembly tolerance and deflection due to its own weight.

If the distance between the tip (T) and the casing (100) is further away, the spraying distance of the compressed air (Ac) is also distant, so that the stall restraining efficiency may be lowered. In order to prevent this, the injection hole 120 includes a first injection hole 121 and a second injection hole 121 spaced from the first injection hole 121 in the circumferential direction W1 in which the compressor rotor R is rotated The porous body 200 includes a first porous body 210 inserted into the first injection hole 121 and a second porous body 220 inserted into the second injection hole 122, The distance D1 between the first injection hole 121 and the rotational center O of the compressor rotor R is larger than the distance D2 between the second injection hole 122 and the rotational center O of the compressor rotor R The porous body 210 is made porous so as to be smaller in porosity than that of the second porous body 220 so that the greater the distance between the tip T and the casing 100 is, the more the compressed air Ac is sprayed .

2, the injection holes 120 are formed at predetermined intervals in the wall 110 of the casing 100 along the flow direction W2 of the air A directed from the compressor C to the turbine (not shown) A large number can be formed. Generally, the compressor C has a structure in which a plurality of stages, that is, a plurality of compressor rotors R are installed in a row in order to maximize the efficiency. The air A introduced into the inlet I of the compressor C, (R). Therefore, among the plurality of compressor rotors R, the compressor rotor R closer to the inlet I is more susceptible to stalling.

In the conventional stall restraining device, the stalls can not be effectively suppressed because the injection holes 120 are uniformly arranged irrespective of the degree of occurrence of different stalls according to the compressor rotor R.

In order to solve such a problem, the injection hole 120 according to the present invention includes a third injection hole 123, a fourth injection hole 123 formed apart from the third injection hole 123 in the flow direction of the air A, The porous body 200 includes a third porous body 230 to be inserted into the third injection hole 123 and a fourth porous body 240 to be inserted into the fourth injection hole 124 , And the porosity of the third porous body 230 is larger than that of the fourth porous body 240.

That is, the more the compressor rotor R disposed close to the inlet I, the more the compressed air Ac is injected to the tip T of the compressor rotor R, whereby the stall can be suppressed more efficiently.

5, the interior of the porous body 200 is divided along the flow direction W2 of the air A, and the inlet I through which the air A flows, And a second porous powder 202 adjacent to the outlet E through which the air A is discharged and the porous of the first porous powder 201 has a porosity greater than that of the second porous powder 201. [ 202). ≪ / RTI > The compressed air (Ac) injected from the porous article 200 is more effectively prevented from stalling because the first porous member 201 having a high degree of occurrence of stall is disposed on the second porous member 202 having a low degree of occurrence of stall, So that more air is sprayed than air.

The difference in porosity of the porous article 200 is intended to maximize the efficiency of suppressing the stall by effectively dispersing the capacity of the compressed air Ac in each region of the casing 100 in accordance with the flow characteristics inside the casing 100 .

Since the stall suppressing device using the porous body of the present invention constructed as described above is capable of applying the area of the injection hole without increasing the stiffness of the casing to be wider because the injection hole is filled with the porous body, An effect that can be controlled more effectively can be obtained.

Further, in the stall suppressing apparatus using the porous body of the present invention constructed as described above, since the injection holes are filled with the porous body and the entrance of the injection holes is flattened without bending, the flow instability due to the injection holes, noise and vibration, Loss and the like can be prevented.

Further, in the stall restraint apparatus using the porous article of the present invention constructed as described above, the more the compressed air is injected as the tip of the compressor rotor and the casing become distant, the more effective stall control can be obtained have.

Further, in the stall restraining device using the porous article of the present invention constructed as described above, more compressed air is injected into the tip portion of the compressor rotor disposed closer to the inlet side of the compressor, thereby effectively restraining the stall Can be obtained.

Further, in the stall restraint apparatus using the porous article of the present invention constructed as described above, the compressed air injected from the porous article is injected more at the inlet where the occurrence of stall is higher than at the outlet at which the occurrence of the stall is lower, Can be suppressed more efficiently.

Further, in the stall restraining device using the porous article of the present invention constructed as described above, the porous article can be firmly fixed to the casing, and the rigidity of the casing can be reinforced by increasing the thermal expansion coefficient of the porous article to be equal to or higher than the thermal expansion coefficient of the casing The effect can be obtained.

In addition, the stall restraint apparatus using the porous article of the present invention constructed as described above can maximize the stall restraining efficiency by effectively dispersing the capacity of the limited compressed air in each region of the casing in accordance with the flow characteristics inside the casing, This provides an effect of ensuring the operational stability and performance of the gas turbine engine.

The scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, but can be implemented in various forms of embodiments within the scope of the appended claims. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

C: Compressor
R: compressor rotor
1: Stall restraining device using the porous article of the present invention
100: casing
110: wall
120: injection hole
200: Porous body
201: first porous material
202: second porous material

Claims (7)

A casing for guiding the flow of air introduced into the compressor and having a spray hole penetrating through a wall adjacent to a leading edge of the compressor rotor; And
And a porous body inserted into the injection hole so as to coincide with an inner wall surface of the wall,
And the compressed air supplied from the outside of the casing is injected toward the leading edge portion through the porous body, whereby the occurrence of stall is suppressed. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the injection holes are formed on the wall of the casing along the circumferential direction in which the compressor rotor is rotated. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the injection hole has a first injection hole and a second injection hole spaced apart from the first injection hole along a circumferential direction in which the compressor rotor rotates,
Wherein the porous article has a first porous body inserted into the first injection hole and a second porous body inserted into the second injection hole,
When the distance between the first injection hole and the rotation center of the compressor rotor is shorter than the distance between the second injection hole and the rotation center of the compressor rotor, the porosity of the first porous body is smaller than the porosity of the second porous body Wherein the stall restraining device comprises a stator. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the injection holes are formed on the wall of the casing along the flow direction of the air from the compressor toward the turbine. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the injection hole has a third injection hole and a fourth injection hole spaced apart from the third injection hole along the flow direction of the air,
Wherein the porous article has a third porous body inserted into the third injection hole and a fourth porous body inserted into the fourth injection hole,
And the porosity of the third porous body is larger than the porosity of the fourth porous body. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the porous body includes a first porous body adjacent to an inlet through which the air flows and a second porous body adjacent to an outlet through which the air is discharged,
Wherein the porosity of the first porous powder is larger than the porosity of the second porous powder. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the thermal expansion coefficient of the porous body is equal to or greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the casing so that the porous body is expanded by the heat of the air and is closely contacted within the injection hole.

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