A performance evaluation of a three splitter diffuser and vaneless diffuser installed on the power turbine exhaust of a TF40B gas turbine

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages

  Harris, Howard ^a   Pineiro, Ivan ^a   Norris, Tom ^b  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b Norlock Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ENGINES; ENGINES; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GASES; MARINE ENGINES;

BACK PRESSURES; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURES; MECHANICAL FAILURES; POWER TURBINES; PRESSURE RECOVERY; PRESSURE RECOVERY COEFFICIENT; VANELESS DIFFUSER;

GAS TURBINES;

EID: 84971510365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/98-GT-284     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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2. Howard, J. G., Henseler H. J., and Thornton-Trump A.B. 1967. "Performance and Flow Regimes for Annular Diffusers." Paper 67-WA/FE-21. ASME, NY, NY.
3. Raab I., Lippert D., Hennecke D., "A New Concept for the Design of Turbine Diffusers, " ASME 96-GT-450, June 1996.
4. Wilson, Dave G., 1984., The Design of High-Efficiency Turbomachinery and Gas Turbines, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.