Active Control of Compressor Surge and Stall

Abstract

Having demonstrated in previous years the ability to model, identify, and control rotating stall, our research has concentrated in the past year on refinements and extensions to the compressor modeling developed for active control research. The areas in which progress has been made are: (1) refinement of the basic fluid mechanics based on identification results, (2) understanding the effects of distortion on wave detection, and (3) using the nonlinear form of the rotating stall model to simulate short-circumferential-extent waves. Three-stage actively stabilized compressor experiments supported this work, and further verified that rotating stall stabilization is a viable concept.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA252771

Entities

People

  • A. H. Epstein
  • C. Boussios
  • E. M. Greitzer
  • G. Hendricks
  • J. Paduano
  • L. Valavani

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Coefficients
  • Compressors
  • Computational Science
  • Detection
  • Distortion
  • Dynamic Response
  • Engines
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Gas Turbines
  • Jet Engines
  • Simulations
  • Test Facilities
  • Turbines
  • Waves

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Control Systems Engineering.