Innovative procedure to minimize multi-row compressor blade dynamic loading using rotor-stator interaction optimization

Abstract

This paper presents a two-dimensional two-objective procedure for minimizing dynamic loading and maximizing efficiency in multi-stage compressors. The procedure arises from the combination of an evolutionary algorithm and a CFD code, in which a sliding mesh technique and a time-dependent approach are implemented, enabling the study of unsteady rotor-stator interaction. The method is then applied to a two-stage compressor cascade (rotor-stator-rotor-stator). The results concerning the optimal set of geometrical parameters considered for optimization (axial distances between successive cascades, circumferential clocking between stators and between rotors) are finally presented and discussed.