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Improvement of the performance of a centrifugal compressor by modifying the volute inlet / Semi Kim in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering, Vol. 132 N° 9 (Septembre 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering > Vol. 132 N° 9 (Septembre 2010) . - 07 p. Titre : Improvement of the performance of a centrifugal compressor by modifying the volute inlet Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Semi Kim, Auteur ; Park, Junyoung, Auteur ; Kukyoung Ahn, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : 07 p. Note générale : fluids engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : pressure;  flow  (dynamics);  separation  (technology);  compressors;  impellers;  diffusers;  design Résumé : In centrifugal compressors, the diffuser and the volute have strong influences on the flow discharged from the impeller and thus also on the performance. In particular, a key parameter is the radial velocity at the volute inlet; it determines the swirl velocity, which is dissipated as a loss, i.e., it results in performance degradation. With the aim of reducing the swirl loss, a new type of volute with a modified inlet height was tested in this study. The volute inlet height was modified to 6 mm and 7 mm from the original height of 5 mm. The reliability of our computations was tested by comparison of the results of a model with this original height with experimental data. Flow analyses were conducted not only at the design mass flow rate but also at lower and higher mass flow rates. A higher total-to-total efficiency was obtained as a result of the linear increases of the volute inlet height from the diffuser outlet to 6 mm and 7 mm. Our detailed investigation of the simulated flow fields shows that the flow characteristics for a volute inlet height of 6 mm are better than those for a volute inlet height of 5 mm. These results clearly show that a greater volute inlet height assists in pressure recovery and reduces swirl loss in the volute. However, the volute inlet height of 7 mm results in larger hub separation and more energy loss, and thus in inferior performance. Therefore, the hub separation and the radial velocity at the volute inlet strongly influence the performance. DEWEY : 620.1 ISSN : 0098-2202 En ligne : http://fluidsengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/issue.aspx?journalid=122 [...] [article] Improvement of the performance of a centrifugal compressor by modifying the volute inlet [texte imprimé] / Semi Kim, Auteur ; Park, Junyoung, Auteur ; Kukyoung Ahn, Auteur . - 2011 . - 07 p. fluids engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering > Vol. 132 N° 9 (Septembre 2010) . - 07 p. Mots-clés : pressure;  flow  (dynamics);  separation  (technology);  compressors;  impellers;  diffusers;  design Résumé : In centrifugal compressors, the diffuser and the volute have strong influences on the flow discharged from the impeller and thus also on the performance. In particular, a key parameter is the radial velocity at the volute inlet; it determines the swirl velocity, which is dissipated as a loss, i.e., it results in performance degradation. With the aim of reducing the swirl loss, a new type of volute with a modified inlet height was tested in this study. The volute inlet height was modified to 6 mm and 7 mm from the original height of 5 mm. The reliability of our computations was tested by comparison of the results of a model with this original height with experimental data. Flow analyses were conducted not only at the design mass flow rate but also at lower and higher mass flow rates. A higher total-to-total efficiency was obtained as a result of the linear increases of the volute inlet height from the diffuser outlet to 6 mm and 7 mm. Our detailed investigation of the simulated flow fields shows that the flow characteristics for a volute inlet height of 6 mm are better than those for a volute inlet height of 5 mm. These results clearly show that a greater volute inlet height assists in pressure recovery and reduces swirl loss in the volute. However, the volute inlet height of 7 mm results in larger hub separation and more energy loss, and thus in inferior performance. Therefore, the hub separation and the radial velocity at the volute inlet strongly influence the performance. DEWEY : 620.1 ISSN : 0098-2202 En ligne : http://fluidsengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/issue.aspx?journalid=122 [...]