Research and Development on Aspirated Compressors

Abstract

This program consisted of three primary objectives: (1) the development of a computational design system for the design of aspirated compressors; (2) the design, construction, and testing of a low-tip speed fan stage incorporating aspiration in the rotor fan stator; and (3) the design, construction, and testing of a high-tip speed, high-pressure ratio fan stage. In summary, the program has succeeded in achieving all three objectives, yielding a compressor design that incorporates boundary layer control by aspiration and delivers approximately double the work of conventional stages with competitive through-flow efficiency. This has been demonstrated experimentally via a low-tip speed stage with a pressure ratio of 1.6 at a tip speed of 750 feet per second and via a high-tip speed stage with a pressure ratio of 3.2 at a tip speed of 1500 feet per second. The low-tip speed stage was demonstrated in the MIT Blowdown Compressor Facility. The high-tip speed stage was demonstrated in a compressor facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center at full-simulated engine conditions, so that although its primary objective was an aerodynamic verification, it also constituted a proof of feasibility of at least one structural concept for aspirated compressors. (23 figures, 7 refs.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA423903

Entities

People

  • A. Epstein
  • A. Merchant
  • E. Braunscheidel
  • J. Adamczyk
  • Jack Kerrebrock

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Composite Materials
  • Compressors
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Construction
  • Efficiency
  • Flow Rate
  • Graphitic Materials
  • High Pressure
  • High Pressure Compressors
  • Mach Number
  • Polymer Matrix Composites
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design