Active control of rotating stall in a low-speed centrifugal compressor

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-44

  Lawless, Patrick B ^a,b   Fleeter, Sanford ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; GAS TURBINES; INTAKE SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

PHASE CONTROLLED INLET DISTORTION; ROTATING STALL CONTROL;

COMPRESSORS;

EID: 0032762370     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5389     Document Type: Article

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