Numerical simulations of onset of volute stall inside a centrifugal compressor

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 6, Issue PART B, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Hua ^a   Guo, Strong ^b   Zhu, Xiao Cheng ^c   Du, Zhao Hui ^c   Zhao, Stone ^b  

^a Honeywell Turbo Technologies Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Honeywell Technology Solution China   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSER STALL; FLOW CONDITION; INFLECTION POINTS; MASS FLOW RATE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PEAK EFFICIENCY; PEAK PRESSURE; RADIAL VELOCITY; SPANWISE DISTRIBUTION; STANDING WAVE; TIME-AVERAGED FLOW; TIP SPEED; TOTAL PRESSURE; TURBOCHARGER CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; VANELESS DIFFUSER; VOLUTE INLET; VORTEX CORES;

CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; INLET FLOW; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE MODELS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS;

EID: 77955632926     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2008-50036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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