Assessment of performance degradation of a mixed flow low bypass turbofan engine through GasTurb simulation
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Narahari Rath
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Mishra R. K.
Abstract
Aero engine performance analysis is very important for engines under development as well as for engines in service for condition monitoring. Predictions of aero engine performance and ability of building the simulation model is an invaluable asset for designers, manufacturer and end-use operator. This paper presents the methodology in establishing the baseline performance of a twin spool mixed flow low bypass turbofan engine through extensive testing at engine test bench. The baseline data is used to validate a GasTurb model which is subsequently used for assessment of off-design performance and component degradation responsible for performance deterioration at various service hours. The estimated exhaust gas temperatures by the model for degraded engines are in good agreement with the measured data. The model further assesses the drop in HP compressor efficiency and shift in operating line which will be very useful for taking judicious decision for withdrawal of engines and is expected to reduce or delay withdrawals and increase the availability of engines at operating base.
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Research ethics: This research wok belongs to all authors’ own contribution. Its copyright has been transfered to the Publisher.
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Author contributions: The author(s) have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Competing interests: The author(s) state(s) no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: The raw data is proprietary in nature and can not to be shared.
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- Frontmatter
- Numerical investigations of heat transfer characteristics using oblong fins and circular fins in a wedge channel
- An efficient flow control technique based on co-flow jet and multi-stage slot circulation control applied to a supercritical airfoil
- Reacting flow analysis in scramjet engine: effect of mass flow rate of fuel and flight velocity
- Installed performance seeking control based on supersonic variable inlet/engine coupling model
- Effect of zero penetration angle chevrons in supersonic jet noise and screech tone mitigation
- The aerodynamic performance degradation analysis of a small high bypass turbofan engine compression system with fan rotor blade leading edge erosion
- Flow structure comparison of film cooling versus hybrid cooling: a CFD study
- Experimental investigation on a Jeffcott rotor with combined coupling misalignment using time-frequency analysis
- Effect of free boundary on the performance of single expansion nozzle
- Optimization and numerical investigation of combined design of blade and endwall on rotor 67
- Numerical study on the effect of distortion of S-duct on flow field and performance of a full annulus transonic fan
- Research on a high-precision real-time improvement method for aero-engine component-level model
- Uncertainty quantification by probabilistic analysis of circular fins
- Influences of unbalance phase combination on the dynamic characteristics for a turboprop engine
- Study on the water ingestion performance of compressor with inlet particle separator
- The role of volume effect on the transient behavior of a transonic compressor
- Experimental analysis of performance and tip dynamic pressure in a compressor cascade with high-speed moving endwall
- Numerical study of the impact of hydrogen addition, swirl intensity and equivalence ratio on methane-air combustion
- Active subspace-based performance analysis of supersonic through-flow fan rotor
- Assessment of performance degradation of a mixed flow low bypass turbofan engine through GasTurb simulation
- Numerical investigation of tip clearance flow in a variable geometry turbine with non-uniform partial clearance
