Clearance effects on the onset of instability in a centrifugal Compressor

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6 PART B, Issue , 2006, Pages 993-1003

  Schleer, Matthias ^a   Song, Seung Jin ^b   Abhari, Reza S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INLET TIPS; LEAKAGE VORTEX; MASS FLOW RATE;

COMPRESSORS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); PRESSURE EFFECTS; STABILITY; VORTEX FLOW;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS;

EID: 33750874110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2006-90084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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