Effects of inlet flow field conditions on the performance of centrifugal compressor diffusers: Part 2-straight-channel diffuser

Journal of Turbomachinery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-21

  Deniz, S ^a,c   Greitzer, E M ^a   Cumpsty, N A ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PRAXAIR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW ANGLES; FLOW CONDITION; MAXIMUM PRESSURE; NONUNIFORMITY; OPERATING RANGES; PRESSURE RECOVERY; PRESSURE RECOVERY COEFFICIENT; ROTATING STALLS; VANED DIFFUSER;

AERODYNAMICS; CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; FLOW FIELDS; MACH NUMBER; RECOVERY;

INLET FLOW;

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR; DIFFUSER; FLOW FIELD; INLET; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034033592     PISSN: 0889504X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.555424     Document Type: Article

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