A Spatially Adaptive Threshold Strategy for Compressor Instability Warning under Circumferential Inlet Total Pressure Distortion
摘要
The reliability of instability warning methods is closely related to the accurate detection of disturbances. Under distorted inflow conditions, disturbances display a highly non-uniform distribution, making the system particularly susceptible to false alarms. Given the potential for severe consequences, this study aims to develop a highly robust warning method in a transonic compressor. Unsteady pressure is measured on the casing wall by using a cluster of time resolved pressure transducers with axial and circumferential spatial resolution. The results reveal that under distorted inflow conditions, the maximum disturbance occurs at the exit of distorted region, resulting in a circumferential non-uniform distribution. Fast wavelet transform is employed to extract characteristic frequency bands associated with unsteady fluctuation of tip leakage flow, enabling precise disturbance quantification. By implementing a composite variable threshold strategy, the proposed method ensures a 100-revolution warning time at any circumferential location.