Clearance effects on the evolution of the flow in the vaneless diffuser of a centrifugal compressor at part load condition

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6 PART B, Issue , 2006, Pages 981-991

  Schleer, Matthias ^a   Abhari, Reza S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; FLOW BEHAVIOR; FLOW STRUCTURE;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; COMPRESSORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; WAKES;

DIFFUSERS (FLUID);

EID: 33750861642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2006-90083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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