Improvement of the performance of a centrifugal compressor by modifying the volute inlet

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Semi ^a   Park, Junyoung ^b   Ahn, Kukyoung ^b   Baek, Jehyun ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

centrifugal compressor; off design analysis; total to total efficiency; volute inlet height

Indexed keywords

ENERGY LOSS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; KEY PARAMETERS; MASS FLOW RATE; OFF-DESIGN ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PRESSURE RECOVERY; RADIAL VELOCITY; SWIRL VELOCITIES; TOTAL EFFICIENCY; TOTAL-TO-TOTAL EFFICIENCY; VOLUTE INLET; VOLUTE INLET HEIGHT;

CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MASS TRANSFER;

INLET FLOW;

EID: 79953242491     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001972     Document Type: Article

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