Detection of vaneless diffuser rotating stall by means of dynamic pressure sensors and acoustic measurements

Autor: Romani Luca, Bosi Lorenzo, Baroni Alberto, Toni Lorenzo, Biliotti Davide, Ferrara Giovanni, Bianchini Alessandro
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: E3S Web of Conferences, Vol 312, p 11007 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2267-1242
08663491
DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202131211007
Popis: An accurate estimation of rotating stall is one of the key technologies for high-pressure centrifugal compressors. Several techniques have been proposed to detect the stall onset; inter alia, few dynamic pressure probes have been shown to not only properly detect the phenomenon, but also reconstruct the stall characteristics after an ensemble averaging approach. The massive use of this technique in the field is, however, not a common practice yet. In the present study, the use of dynamic pressure probes has been combined with that of an environmental microphone to evaluate the prospects of this latter for a possible stall onset detection. To this end, experimental tests have been carried out in the experimental test rig of the Department of Industrial Engineering (DIEF) of Università degli Studi di Firenze. Results show that the microphone was able to distinguish the onset of rotating stall accurately and promptly, even though – differently from dynamic pressure sensors - it does not provide sufficient information to determine the characteristics of the stall pattern. On this basis, the use of acoustic measurements could find room for automatic detection of rotating stall onset.
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