Influence of Blade Profile Change on Gas Path Performance and Their Ontology-Based Fault Knowledge Expression

Abstract

During the operation of the gas turbine engine, the blades are prone to gas path faults such as fouling, corrosion, and erosion, or even fracture. Current research usually ignores the impact of different changes in blade profile on the gas path performance. Due to the lack of a unified description between the faulty blade and the gas path performance, it is difficult to implement the knowledge expression for the blade faults. This paper proposed the following framework to fill this gap. (1) Establish a corresponding relationship between blade profile change and gas path performance degradation based on numerical simulation. (2) Combined with ontology, case-based reasoning in knowledge expression of blade faults is investigated. The knowledge base for blade faults is constructed with ontology using the simulation results. The integration, traceability, and reuse of the simulation results are realized. (3) A case is used to verify the effectiveness of the ontology knowledge base for the faulty blade and realize the knowledge expression of blade faults. This will support the real-time diagnosis of blade faults and health management for the gas turbine engine.