Design of high-efficiency turbomachinery blades for energy conversion devices with the three-dimensional prescribed surface curvature distribution blade design (CIRCLE) method

Applied Energy

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 215-227

  Korakianitis, T ^a   Hamakhan, I A ^a   Rezaienia, M A ^a   Wheeler, A P S ^a   Avital, E J ^a   Williams, J J R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airfoil; Blade design; Compressor; Curvature; Geometry; Turbine

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRFOILS; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPRESSORS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINE DESIGN; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFICATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; AXIAL TURBOMACHINERY; BLADE DESIGN; CO-ORDINATE TRANSFORMATION; COMPRESSOR BLADES; CURVATURE; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; FAN BLADES; HIGHER ORDER; LEADING EDGE; LINE SEGMENT; MIXED-FLOW IMPELLER; MULTI OBJECTIVE; NEW DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; ORIGINAL DESIGN; STAGNATION POINTS; SURFACE CURVATURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TRAILING EDGES; TURBINE BLADE;

TURBOMACHINE BLADES;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPRESSIBILITY; DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBINE;

EID: 80053335040     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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