Nonuniform Clearance Effects on Pressure Distribution and Leakage Flow in the Straight-through Labyrinth Seals

Author:

Shi Yu1,Ding Shuiting12,Qiu Tian2,Liu Peng2ORCID,Liu Chuankai2

Affiliation:

1. School of Energy and Power Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

2. Research Institute of Aero-Engine, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

Abstract

Straight-through labyrinth seal is a simple and reliable noncontact seal structure widely used in aeroengines. During the actual operation of aeroengines, the labyrinth seal clearance might experience a nonuniform variation in the flow direction due to asymmetric structure and uneven temperature. In order to characterize the degree of nonuniformity, the nonuniformity coefficient is defined in current paper. The effect of nonuniform causes (rotor deformation or stator deformation), nonuniform type (convergent clearance or divergent clearance), and nonuniformity coefficient (nonuniformity degree) is carefully studied by numerical simulation. Comparative analysis has shown that there is no obvious difference in flow coefficient (less than 0.8% in current studies) between two nonuniform causes. As for nonuniform type, the nonuniformity impact of divergent type on the flow coefficient is more significant than that of convergent type, as a result of stronger axial inertia. Pressure distributions of teeth cavities indicate that the total pressure drop of the divergent type is more obvious than that of the convergent type when the pressure ratio is the same. With the same dimensionless minimum tip clearance, clearance nonuniformity would result in the increase of leakage flow of the straight-through labyrinth, particularly for the condition with small pressure ratio, large circumferential Mach number, and small dimensionless minimum tip clearance. When the nonuniformity coefficient is within the range of -0.1 to 0.1, the variation curves of nonuniformity impact factor versus the nonuniformity coefficient almost coincide (the maximum deviation is no more than 1.2%) under different operation conditions (Reynolds number, pressure ratio, circumferential Mach number, and dimensionless minimum tip clearance). Current work proves it that the effect of seal clearance nonuniformity on the leakage flow requires special attention for the refined design of aeroengines.

Funder

Special Research Project of Chinese Civil Aircraft

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

Aerospace Engineering

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