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Abstract— This paper studies the influence of erosion and impinging particles and the breaking of material due to
corrosion on the acoustics of bladed turbomachinery. It is well repeated deformation caused by particle impact to the
known that eroded airfoils, such as the ones found in
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material. Reference 2 gives equations to predict erosion trough
turbomachinery, will tend to have an altered flow pattern, more these mechanisms, based on mass and velocity of the particles
turbulent than the ideal airfoil and ideal rugosity. By studying and also the angles of impact and physical proprieties of the
the turbulence parameters of the flow we can determine the particles and eroded material.
Sound Power Levels (SPL) of different blades – be it stators or
Experimental results of particles in gas streams are
rotors- and thus establish a reference to use in operating
conditions. given in Ref.3 by J.H. Neilson. Neilson factors in the shape,
size velocity and angles of attack in the effort to determine the
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Air breathing turbo machineries operate in various
conditions, some of which in erosive and/or corrosive
environments. It is important, especially under those conditions
to have a constant monitoring of the conditions of the blades
during operation. While it is known that only boroscopic
erosion-angle of attack characteristic for different specimen
materials.
For aluminum surfaces, Shelson and Kanhere give
out in Ref. 4 the erosion process equations for large particles.
examinations are to be used to decide the true condition of a The mathematical model derived there is based on the
bladed stage, we could use the complementary method of indentation hardness theory. It is shown that said model is
recording the sound emerging from different isolated
valid for relatively low velocities.
components of the machinery and compare it to a set of estimated
SPLs, that an erosion damaged blade would have.
-leveled equations, graphics, and tables are not prescribed,
This complementary method would be useful especially although the various table text styles are provided. The
in the cogeneration industry where shutting down a power plant formatter will need to create these components, incorporating
for inspections is necessary for boroscopy. Another use would be the applicable criteria that follow.
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in the airliner industry where maintenance could have a Another important study is given by Hutchins, Ref 5
redundant system to look over the turbomachinery while in use,
in which the author presents a theoretical analysis of spherical
and gather relevant data for future inspections.
particle impinging at normal incidence-quite useful in
modeling the erosion patterns of the leading edges. The study
Keywords-turbomachinery; erosion; acoustics; is particularly of interest since it deals with aluminum alloy
specimens. Also, Ref. 6 offers a theoretical model for metal
erosion by particles at normal incidence. Sundararajan and
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bladed stages is to adapt the stator vane number to reach an (5)
evanescence criterion of the desired harmonic frequency of the where u=turbulent velocity
rotor, typically the second or third. Tyler and Sofrin ε=turbulent dissipation
demonstrated that the ideal number of vanes is given by Eq.1: c=sound velocity
(1) ρ=reference density
V is the number of stator vanes α= Proudman’s constant
B is the number of rotor blades
n is the order of the harmonic frequency
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The stator rotor interaction is the main theme in evaluating
turbomachinery noise, various formulations have been made:
is the turbulent Strouhal number
(6)
(7)
(2)
(8)
BPF is the by-pass frequency, i.e. the first natural harmonic
of the rotor Ф=0,42
N is the number of rotations per minute
Lilley gives the equation :
The acoustic mode radiated by the stator-rotor interaction, (9)
m is given by:
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(3)
(10)
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trailing edge erosion (c) with both trailing and leading edge erosion (d)
A. Conclusions
The mathematical aero-acoustic formalism of Proudman
has been applied in order to evaluate the Sound Pressure
Levels of a baseline airfoil and an eroded airfoil, with good
results on both cases.
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The findings were that an eroded airfoil will develop a
more turbulent flow which in turns will get more erosion
damage to the trailing edge of the foil. In addition to that there
are significant aerodynamic downsides of the eroded profile,
which has a very low lift to drag ratio and is, also prone to
stalling – which can produce the entire compressor stage to
surge.
Aerodynamic noise generated by the eroded airfoil is
significantly higher than the baseline, therefore offering a
perspective for non-invasive investigations during the
turbomachinery operation, cutting maintenance costs trough
the elimination of periodical boroscopic examinations.
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The leading edge erosion is the most influential in noise Figure 2. The scale of the SPL plots of the airfoils considered
generation although, geometrically the trailing edge erosion is
more spectacular.
The study was carried out with the purpose to investigate if
acoustic measurements would prove useful in investigating the
erosion state of airfoils. However further studies could
improve this method by using the FW-H equations and
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Figure 3. The NACA 2406-43 airfoil SPL
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Figure 4. The NACA 2406-43 with leading edge erosion SPL
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Figure 6. The NACA 2406-43 with leading and trailing edge erosion SPL
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The work has been funded by the Sectoral Operational
Programme Human Resources Development 2007-2013 of the
Romanian Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection
through the Financial Agreements POSDRU/107/1.5/S/76909
and POSDRU/88/1.5/S/60203.
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REFERENCES
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