A Novel Data-Driven-Based Component Map Generation Method for Transient Aero-Engine Performance Adaptation

Accurate component maps, which can significantly affect the efficiency, reliability and availability of aero-engines, play a critical role in aero-engine performance simulation. Unfortunately, the information of component maps is insufficient, leading to substantial limitations in practical application, wherein compressors are of particular interest. Here, a data-driven-based compressor map generation approach for transient aero-engine performance adaptation is investigated. A multi-layer perceptron neural network is utilized in simulating the compressor map instead of conventional interpolation schemes, and an adaptive variable learning rate backpropagation (ADVLBP) algorithm is employed to accelerate the convergence and improve the stability in the training process. Aside from that, two different adaptation strategies designed for steady state and transient conditions are implemented to adaptively retrain the compressor network according to measurement deviations until the accuracy requirements are satisfied. The proposed method is integrated into a turbofan component-level model, and simulations reveal that the ADVLBP algorithm has the capability of more rapid convergence compared with conventional training algorithms. In addition, the maximum absolute measurement deviation decreased from 6.35% to 0.44% after steady state adaptation, and excellent agreement between the predictions and benchmark data was obtained after transient adaptation. The results demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed component map generation method.