Turbomachinery Aerodynamics

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Turbomachinery Aerodynamics
A Video course by

Bhaskar Roy

A M Pradeep

Aerospace Engineering Department


I.I.T., Bombay

Prof. Bhaskar Roy, Prof. A M Pradeep, Department of Aerospace, IIT Bombay

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Course Outline
Introduction to Turbomachineries:
Axial flow compressors and Fans: Introduction;

Aero-Thermodynamics of flow thru axial flow compressor


stage; Losses in axial flow compressor stage; Losses and
Blade performance estimation; Secondary flows (3-D);
Tip leakage flow and scrubbing; 3-D flow analysis; Radial
Equilibrium Equation; Axial compressor characteristics;
Design of compressor blades-2-D blade designs; Airfoil
Data; Axial Flow Track Design; Multi-staging of
compressor characteristics; Transonic Compressors;
Shock Structure Models in Transonic Blades; Transonic
Compressor Characteristics; 3-D Blade shapes of Rotors
and Stators; Instability in Axial Compressors; Loss of
Pressure Rise; Loss of Stability Margin; Noise problems
in Axial Compressors and Fans
Prof. Bhaskar Roy, Prof. A M Pradeep, Department of Aerospace, IIT Bombay

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Course Outline
Axial flow turbines : Turbine stage; Turbine
Blade 2-D analysis ; Work Done and Degree of
Reaction; Losses and Efficiency; Flow Passage and
flow track in multi-stage turbines; Subsonic,
Transonic and Supersonic turbines; Multi-staging of
Turbine; Exit flow conditions; Turbine blade
cooling; Turbine Blade design Turbine Profiles ;
Airfoil Data and Profile construction;3-D blade
design

Prof. Bhaskar Roy, Prof. A M Pradeep, Department of Aerospace, IIT Bombay

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Course Outline
Centrifugal Compressors :Introduction;
Elements of centrifugal compressor/ fan; Inlet
Duct ; Impeller flow; Effect of Slip factor; Concept
of Rothalpy; Ideal and real work done; Incidence
and lag angles; Diffuser ; Centrifugal Compressor
Characteristics ; Surging and Rotating stall;
Design variants of modern centrifugal compressors
Radial Turbine: Introduction; Thermodynamics
and Aerodynamics of radial turbines; Radial
Turbine Characteristics; Losses and efficiency;
Design of radial turbine
Use of CFD for Turbomachinery analysis and
design
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Course Pre-requisites
A full course in Aerodynamics
It is necessary that students of this course are fully
conversant with various fundamental aerodynamic
theories, many which shall be used in the course of
this lecture. Some knowledge of fundamentals of
thermodynamics will be useful too.

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Text/References
Nicholas Cumpsty, Compressor Aerodynamics,
2004, Kreiger Publications, USA
Johnson I.A., Bullock R.O. NASA-SP-36, Axial Flow
Compressors, 2002 (re-release), NTIS
NASA-SP-290, Axial Flow turbines, 2002 (rerelease), NTIS, USA.
J H Horlock, Axial flow compressors, Butterworths,
1958, UK
J H Horlock, Axial Flow Turbines, Butterworths,
1965, UK
B Lakshminarayana; Fluid Mechanics and Heat
Transfer in turbomachineries, 1995, USA

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Suggested /Additional Readings


1) Oates Gordon C; Aerothermodynamics of
Aircraft Engine Components; AIAA series,
1985
2) IGTI/ASME; The design of Gas Turbine
Engines Thermodynamics and Aerodynamics
(chapter 8 and 10), 2005, American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (with video lectures)

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Lecture schedule
Topic

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Syllabus, BR
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Introduction to Turbomachineries :
References and schedules

Axial flow compressors and Fans : Introduction to


compressor aerothermodynamics
A two dimensional analytical model (Cascade)
2-D Losses in axial flow compressor stage
primary losses
Tutorial-1 solved examples and tutorial problems
3-D flows in Blade passages,
Secondary flows,
Tip leakage flow, Scrubbing
Three
dimensional
flow
analysis

Radial
Equilibrium concept
Classical blade design laws Free vortex and other
Laws
Tutorial-2 - solved examples and tutorial
problems and Quiz 1

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Full Radial Equilibrium Equation and Streamline


curvature theory
Axial compressor characteristics - Single
stage, Multi-stage and Multi-spool
characteristics
Instability in Axial Compressors
:
Types
of
distortions
Inlet Distortion and Rotating Stall
Compressor Instability and control mechanisms

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Design of compressor blades- Airfoil Design


subsonic, transonic ,supersonic profiles
Transonic Compressors and Shock
Structure models, Transonic Compr.
Characteristics
Axial Flow Track Design ; Inter-spool duct ;
3-D Blade shapes of Rotors and Stators
Noise problem in Axial Compressors and Fans

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19 Axial flow turbines : Introduction to


turbine aerothermodynamics
20 Axial flow turbines : Turbine Blade 2-D
(cascade) analysis
21 Axial flow turbines : Work Done, Degree
of Reaction, Losses and Efficiency
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Axial flow turbines : Blade and Axial
Flow Passages, Exit flow matching with
nozzle
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Tutorial -3 : Axial Flow Turbines

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24 Multi-staging and Multi-spooling of BR


Turbine
25 3-D flows in Turbine : 3-D flow theories BR
Free vortex theories etc.
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Tutorial 4 : 3-D flows in Axial low
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27 Turbine
Blade
Cooling

fundamental of heat transfer and blade


cooling
28 Turbine Blade Cooling Technologies - 2
29 Turbine Blade design Turbine Profiles
: Airfoil Data and Profile construction
30 Turbine Blade design - 3-D blade
shapes
31 Centrifugal Compressors
32 Centrifugal Compressors
33 Tutorial 5 : Centrifugal Compressors

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34 Design of Centrifugal Compressors :


Design of impellers
35 Design of subsonic and supersonic
vaned diffusers, vaneless volutes
36 Radial Turbine
: Thermodynamics
and
Aerodynamics
of
radial
turbines
37 Radial Turbine Characteristics

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Tutorial 6 : Radial Turbines and


Quiz-2
39 Design of Radial Turbines

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40 CFD for Turbomachinery: Computer aided


blade profiles and cascade analysis
41 Grid generation, Periodicity and Boundary
Conditions and Flow Analysis
42 3-D blade generation and analysis using
CFD
43 Flow track and inter-spool duct analysis
and design using CFD

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A Brief Introduction
to
Compressors and Turbines

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Turbine
Power to
Compr
Jet
Thrust

Heat Engines require


compression before
combustion for
efficient combustion
Compressed burnt gas
facilitates turbine work
production
For jet engines Jet
thrust creation requires
compressed gas
expansion through jet
nozzle

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Fan
Compressor

Turbine

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Centrifugal Compressor Components

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Creation of Compressors and Turbines require


substantial knowledge of aerodynamic behaviour
of flow through these machines.
Modern compressor and turbine design is
substantially aided by Computational Fluid
Dynamics (CFD)
Final blade shaping requires sophisticated
geometric modelling softwares.

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