Modelling research of the characteristics of gasturbine axial compressor with changeable flow passage geometry

In real exploitational conditions marine gasturbine engine works at different rotation speeds determined by the required parameters of ship's movement. Conversion from one rotation speed to another is related to realization of unsteady energetic processes, determined by the gasodynamic mutual influence of compressor configurations. The values of working medium flow thermodynamic parameters undergo significant changes in time. To work out the qualitative and quantitative estimation of these changes it is necessary to define the dynamic equations, describing working medium flow through the gas passage of engine. In the next step it is necessary to resolve the defined equations for disturbances of steady cooperation of compressor configurations. This paper concerns the application of mathematical modelling methods to analyzing gas-dynamic processes in marine gas turbines. The influence of geometry changes in axial compressor flow passage on kinematical air flow characteristics is presented. The elaborated mathematical model will make it possible to realize - in the future -simulative investigations of gas-dynamic processes taking place in a compressor fitted with controllable guide vanes. Individual parametric features of every engine in service are identified by using expensive experimental tests, which are conditioned by many constructional and operational limitations. The dynamic development of computer technology, enables using it for numerical simulation of changeable technical state processes.