Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : November 12, 2022 - November 13, 2022
In a compressor, shock waves are generated when the impeller blade velocity reaches supersonic speed relative to the air drawn in from the air inlet. The shock interacts with the tip-leakage vortex and the boundary layer on the impeller blade surface. The interaction causes the pressure rise and the reverse flow. Thus, it is important to predict the formation of shock on the blades in compressor design. This study focused on a position of the shock in a centrifugal compressor. In general, simultaneous measurement by multiple pressure sensors is necessary to measure the angle of the shock formed near the leading edge of the impeller blade. In this study, a pressure history was measured at a single point near the leading edge of the blade using a semiconductor pressure transducer. The semiconductor pressure transducer has a diaphragm onto which a semiconductor strain gauge is glued. The pressure acting on the diaphragm is proportional to the strain at the center of the diaphragm. The direction of maximum principal strain of the diaphragm corresponds to the shock direction or its perpendicular direction. The strains in three different directions on the diaphragm were obtained and the direction of maximum principal strain was calculated using Rosette analysis. As a result, the angle of formation of the shock wave generated in the centrifugal compressor impeller was estimated.
