Effects of inlet conditions on the turbine performance of a radial turbine

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6, Issue PART C, 2008, Pages 1985-2001

  Hellstrom, Fredrik ^a   Fuchs, Laszlo ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAN VORTEX; ENGINE EXHAUST; ENGINE SPEED; EXHAUST MANIFOLD; INFLOW CONDITIONS; INLET CONDITIONS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION; POWER OUT PUT; RADIAL TURBINES; SECONDARY MOTION; SHAFT POWER; SLIDING MESH; SWIRLING MOTION; TO EFFECT; TURBINE PERFORMANCE; TURBINE WHEEL; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

AERODYNAMICS; AUTOMOBILE ENGINE MANIFOLDS; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); EXPLOSIVES; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; FLOW FIELDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MINING; SECONDARY FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WHEELS;

TURBINES;

EID: 69949153516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2008-51088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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