Abstract
Counter-rotating axial-flow compressor (CRAC) is a promising technology to increase the thrust-to-weight ratio of aero-engines. Self-recirculating casing treatment (SRCT) is selected to explore its stability enhancement capacity in the CRAC. In the present work, an effective SRCT is designed by the design of experiment method, and the stability improvement potential of the SRCT and its mechanism of stall margin enhancement are studied. Results show that the optimal SRCT scheme increases the stall margin by about 7.73% and without remarkable peak efficiency loss, and the overall performance of the compressor is enhanced at the near-stall condition. The SRCT improves the quality of the tip flow field by sucking out low-energy fluid and restrains the spillage of the tip leakage flow by the jet effect from the injection port. In addition, the SRCT also reduces the unsteady interference between the adjacent rotors. The effect of speed ratio on the effectiveness of SRCT is further investigated, and results indicate that the SRCT increases the stall margin of the CRAC by about 4.13–5.80% at some off-design speed ratio conditions. The speed ratio affects the first stall stage of the CRAC, thus affecting the effectiveness of the SRCT.
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