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interest may be a single rotor and stator assembly or a combination <strong>of</strong><br />

several individual rotor/stator vane blade rows operating together as, for<br />

example, a multistage axial compressor. Fundamental test concepts that are<br />

used to quantify individual turbomachinery stage performance characteristics<br />

are presented. Test concepts described are essentially applicable to fan,<br />

compressor, and turbine stages. Newcomers to the turbomachinery test field<br />

will find this chapter useful in developing an understanding for what is<br />

required to plan for and conduct a successful test activity.<br />

Chapter Outline<br />

The intent <strong>of</strong> this chapter is not that <strong>of</strong> presenting all possible test and<br />

measurement techniques that are used throughout the industry and at<br />

research laboratories, nor is it to recommend or specify any particular<br />

testing approach. Rather, the materials presented reflect what the author<br />

feels to be important in the definition, planning, and conducting<br />

turbomachinery test activities.<br />

The first section discusses turbomachine component performance<br />

testing and the impact <strong>of</strong> different system operational characteristics on<br />

performance. The second section presents test methodologies, the third test<br />

hardware, and the fourth instrumentation design considerations. Test<br />

procedures and data presentation considerations are presented in the last<br />

two sections.<br />

<strong>Turbomachinery</strong> mechanical test procedures and requirements are not<br />

covered in this chapter. However, this does not diminish the importance <strong>of</strong><br />

mechanical testing to verify vibration, stress, and fatigue life characteristics<br />

in the development <strong>of</strong> gas turbine equipment.<br />

Component Performance Testing<br />

The validity and applicability <strong>of</strong> individual turbomachinery component<br />

performance testing are based on the premise that actual engine environmental<br />

conditions are accurately simulated with the test rig. With an<br />

accurate simulation, component performance measured with the test rig will<br />

be equivalent to that <strong>of</strong> the same component operating in the gas turbine<br />

engine.<br />

Gas turbine cycle analyses traditionally utilize performance maps in<br />

describing the steady-state aerothermodynamic performance characteristics<br />

<strong>of</strong> each turbomachine component over its complete operating range. The<br />

principal objective <strong>of</strong> individual component testing is to define the respective<br />

component performance maps. Sufficient test rig instrumentation must be<br />

utilized to accurately measure and compute stage performance character-<br />

Copyright © 2003 Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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