Compressor Surge and Rotating Stall

1 Compressor Surge and Stall: An Introduction.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Compressors.- 1.3 Application of compressors.- 1.4 Stability of Compression Systems.- 1.5 Previous work on modeling of axial compression systems.- 1.6 Previous work on modeling of centrifugal compr. systems.- 1.7 Jet engine and gas turbine models.- 1.8 Previous work on surge/stall avoidance.- 1.9 Active Control of Surge and Rotating Stall.- 1.10 Sensor/actuator selection in surge/stall control.- 2 CCV Control of Surge and Rotating Stall for the MG Model.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Preliminaries.- 2.3 Surge Control.- 2.4 Control of Rotating Stall.- 2.5 Simulations.- 3 Passivity Based Surge Control.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Model.- 3.3 Passivity.- 3.4 Disturbances.- 3.5 Simulations.- 3.6 Concluding Remarks.- 4 A MG Model for Axial Compr. with Non-constant Speed.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Preliminaries.- 4.3 Modeling.- 4.4 Simulations.- 4.5 Concluding Remarks.- 5 Modelling and Control of Surge for a Centrifugal Compressor with Non-constant Speed.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Model.- 5.3 Energy Transfer.- 5.4 Energy Transfer and Pressure Rise.- 5.5 Choking.- 5.6 Dynamic Model.- 5.7 Surge Control Idea.- 5.8 Controller Design and Stability Analysis.- 5.9 Simulations.- 5.10 Conclusion.- 6 Concluding remarks and further research.- 6.1 Conclusions.- 6.2 Further research.- A Stability of the Greitzer model.- B Nomenclature.- C Some Thermodynamic and Fluid Mechanical Relations.- C.1 Flow and Pressure Coefficients.- C.2 Isentropic Processes.- C.3 Mass Balance of the Plenum.- C.4 Flow through a Nozzle.- C.5 Compressor Pressure Rise.- D Including a CCV in the Moore-Greitzer Model.- E Numerical Values Used in Simulations.- F Bounds on the Controller Parameters of Theorem 2.5.