Effects of labyrinth seal with jet structure on the performance of a compressor cascade

Abstract

The research focuses on the high-load compressor cascade with a four-tooth straight-tooth labyrinth seal. Jet holes with varying air inlet and jet positions are designed to investigate the mechanism and principles underlying the impact of adaptive jets on the performance of compressor cascades. The results show that the jet flow from the labyrinth seal to the suction side has a good improvement effect on the performance of the compressor cascade, which can suppress the influence region of the concentrated separation vortex and the wall vortex, improve the flow field structure, reduce the total pressure loss, and enhance the expansion capacity. What is more, the improvement effect on the flow field structure and the performance is enhanced as the flow rate of the jet hole increases. The most significant improvement in the performance of the compressor cascade is achieved by introducing air from the second tooth cavity, which can reduce the total pressure loss coefficient by 3%, reduce the volume of low kinetic energy fluid clusters by 9.48%, and significantly enhance the performance of the compressor cascade.