Evaluation of vaned diffuser performance applicable to chemical laser pressure recovery systems

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Acebal
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Chemical Laser

Some Studies on Low Solidity Vaned Diffusers of a Centrifugal Compressor Stage

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ch. Siva Reddy ◽  
G. V. Ramana Murty ◽  
Prasad Mukkavilli ◽  
D. N. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Compressor Stage ◽  
Recovery Coefficient ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor Stage ◽  
Pressure Recovery Coefficient

Numerical simulation of impeller and low solidity vaned diffuser (LSD) of a centrifugal compressor stage is performed individually using CFX- BladeGen and BladeGenPlus codes. The tip mach number for the chosen study was 0.35. The same configuration was used for experimental investigation for a comparative study. The LSD vane is formed using standard NACA profile with marginal modification at trailing edge. The performance parameters obtained form numerical studies at the exit of impeller and the diffuser have been compared with the corresponding experimental data. These parameters are pressure ratio, polytropic efficiency and flow angle at the impeller exit where as the parameters those have been compared at the exit of diffuser are the static pressure recovery coefficient and the exit flow angle. In addition, the numerical prediction of the blade loading in terms of blade surface pressure distribution on LSD vane has been compared with the corresponding experimental results. Static pressure recovery coefficient and flow angle at diffuser exit is seen to match closely at higher flows. The difference at lower flows could be due to the effect of interaction between impeller and diffuser combinations, as the numerical analysis was done separately for impeller and diffuser and the effect of impeller diffuser interaction was not considered.

Steady and Transient Computations of Interaction Effects in a Centrifugal Compressor With Different Types of Diffusers

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Anish ◽  
N. Sitaram
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Design Flow ◽  
Flow Coefficient ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Maximum Efficiency ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Lower Flow ◽  
Transient Simulations

A computational study has been conducted to analyze the performance of a centrifugal compressor under various levels of impeller-diffuser interactions. The study has been conducted using a low solidity vaned diffuser (LSVD), a conventional vaned diffuser (VD) and a vaneless diffuser (VLD). The study is carried out using Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes simulations. A commercial software ANSYS CFX is used for this purpose. The intensity of interaction is varied by keeping the diffuser vane leading edge at three different radial locations. Frozen rotor and transient simulations are carried out at four different flow coefficients. At design flow coefficient maximum efficiency occurs when the leading edge is at R3 (ratio of radius of the diffuser leading edge to the impeller tip radius) = 1.10. At lower flow coefficient higher stage efficiency occurs when the diffuser vanes are kept at R3 = 1.15 and at higher flow coefficient R3 = 1.05 gives better efficiency. It is observed that at lower flow coefficients positive incidence causes separation of flow at the suction side of the diffuser vane. When the flow rate is above design point there is a negative incidence at the leading edge of the diffuser vane which causes separation of flow from the pressure side of the diffuser vane. Compressor stage performance as well as performance of individual components is calculated at different time steps. Large variations in the stage performances at off-design flow coefficients are observed. The static pressure recovery coefficient (Cp) value is found to be varying with the relative position of impeller and diffuser. It is observed that maximum Cp value occurred at time step where Ψloss value is lowest. From the transient simulations it has been found that the strength and location of impeller exit wake affect the diffuser vane loading which in turn influences the diffuser static pressure recovery.

2409 Improvement of Pressure Recovery Characteristics in a Centrifugal Compressor with Vaned Diffuser

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006.2 (0) ◽  
pp. 137-138
Author(s):  
Takashi GOTO ◽  
Yasuhiko OKUTSU ◽  
Yuuri TSUKIOKA ◽  
Yutaka OHTA ◽  
Eisuke OUTA
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaned Diffuser

Pressure Recovery in Low Solidity Vaned Diffusers for Centrifugal Compressors

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naresh K. Amineni ◽  
Abraham Engeda
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Compressor Stage ◽  
Performance Parameters ◽  
Centrifugal Compressors ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Direct Bearing ◽  
Pressure Recovery Phenomenon

In the present investigation four low solidity vaned diffusers were experimentally tested downstream of the same impeller in an attempt to study the effect of solidity and vane number on the performance of the stage. In addition to these low solidity vaned diffusers, one vaneless and a conventional vaned diffuser were also tested for comparative study of the pressure recovery phenomenon in each of the three types of diffusers. It was found that the vane number and the solidity of the diffuser had direct bearing on the performance parameters of the compressor stage. The results also showed that the pressure recovery characteristics of the low solidity vaned diffusers was simillar to the conventional vaned diffuser.

Flow Analysis in a Pump Diffuser—Part 2: Validation and Limitations of CFD for Diffuser Flows

1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 978-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. A. Muggli ◽  
K. Eisele ◽  
M. V. Casey ◽  
J. Gu¨lich ◽  
A. Schachenmann
Keyword(s):  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Flow Separation ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Navier Stokes ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Highly Loaded

This paper describes an investigation into the use of CFD for highly loaded pump diffuser flows. A reliable commercial Navier-Stokes code with the standard k-ε turbulence model was used for this work. Calculations of a simple planar two-dimensional diffuser demonstrate the ability of the k-ε model to predict the measured effects of blockage and area ratio on the diffuser static pressure recovery at low loading levels. At high loading levels with flow separation the k-ε model underestimates the blockage caused by the recirculation in the flow separation region and overestimates the pressure recovery in the diffuser. Three steady-state calculations of a highly loaded vaned diffuser of a medium specific speed pump have been carried out using different inlet boundary conditions to represent the pump outlet flow. These are compared to LDA measurement data of the flow field and demonstrate that although the Navier-Stokes code with the standard k-ε turbulence model is able to predict the presence of separation in the flow, it is not yet able to accurately predict the static pressure rise of this highly loaded pump diffuser beyond the flow separation point.

The Performance Evaluation of Variations of Diffuser Geometry of the Centrifugal Compressor in a Marine Engine (70MW) Turbocharger

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Won Kim ◽  
Jong-Il Park ◽  
Seung-Hyup Ryu ◽  
Seong-Wook Choi ◽  
Sang-Hak Ghal
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
High Pressure Ratio ◽  
Work Input ◽  
Interior Flow ◽  
Cfd Analyses

An examination of the condition of the flow leaving the impeller exit kinetic energy often accounts for 30–50% of the shaft work input to the compressor stage, and for energy efficiency it is important to recover as much of this as possible. This is the function of the diffuser which follows the impeller. Effective pressure recovery downstream of an impeller is very important to realize a centrifugal compressor with high efficiency and high pressure ratio, and an appropriate selection of a diffuser for a specific impeller is a critical step to develop the compressor accordingly. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of how compressor performances changes as vaned diffuser geometry is varied. Three kinds of vaned diffusers were studied and its results were compared. First vaned diffuser type is based on modified NACA airfoil and second is channel diffuser and third is conformal transformation of NACA 65 airfoil. A mean-line prediction method was applied to investigate the performance and stability for three kinds of diffusers. And CFD analyses have been done for comparison and detailed interior flow pattern study. In this study, the off-design behavior of three different types of diffusers, given by mean-line prediction, was investigated using CFD results and selected the NACA 65 diffuser geometry which satisfy wider operating range and higher pressure recovery than the others. The numerical results were compared with experimental data for validation.

scholarly journals The Role of Impeller Outflow Conditions on the Performance of Vaned Diffusers

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Everitt ◽  
Zoltán Spakovszky ◽  
Daniel Rusch ◽  
Jürg Schiffman
Keyword(s):  
Mach Number ◽  
Swirling Flow ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Strong Mixing ◽  
Mixing Processes ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Flow Angle ◽  
High Loss

Highly-loaded impellers, typically used in turbocharger and gas turbine applications, exhaust an unsteady, transonic flow that is non-uniform across the span and pitch and swirling at angles approaching tangential. With the exception of the flow angle, conflicting data exist regarding whether these attributes have substantial influence on the performance of the downstream diffuser. This paper quantifies the relative importance of the flow angle, Mach number, non-uniformity and unsteadiness on diffuser performance, through diffuser experiments in a compressor stage and in a rotating swirling flow test rig. This is combined with steady and unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes computations. The test article is a pressure ratio 5 turbocharger compressor with an airfoil vaned diffuser. The swirling flow rig is able to generate rotor outflow conditions representative of the compressor except for the periodic pitchwise unsteadiness, and fits a 0.86 scale diffuser and volute. In both rigs, the time-mean impeller outflow is mapped across a diffuser pitch using miniaturized traversing probes developed for the purpose. Across approximately two-thirds of the stage operating range, diffuser performance is well correlated to the average impeller outflow angle when the metric used is effectiveness, which describes the pressure recovery obtained relative to the maximum possible given the average inflow angle and Mach number and the vane exit metal angle. Utilizing effectiveness captures density changes through the diffuser at higher Mach numbers; a 10% increase in pressure recovery is observed as the inlet Mach number is increased from 0.5 to 1. Further, effectiveness is shown to be largely independent of the time-averaged spanwise and unsteady pitchwise non-uniformity from the rotor; this independence is reflective of the strong mixing processes that occur in the diffuser inlet region. The observed exception is for operating points with high time-averaged vane incidence. Here, it is hypothesized that temporary excursions into high-loss flow regimes cause a nonlinear increase in loss as large unsteady angle variations pass by from the rotor. Given that straight-channel diffuser design charts typically used in preliminary radial vaned diffuser design capture neither streamtube area changes from impeller exit to the diffuser throat nor vane incidence effects, their utility is limited. An alternative approach, utilizing effectiveness and vane leading edge incidence, is proposed.

Aerodynamic Performance of a Centrifugal Compressor With Vaned Diffusers

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 486-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Yoshinaga ◽  
I. Gyobu ◽  
H. Mishina ◽  
F. Koseki ◽  
H. Nishida
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Pressure Distribution ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Potential Flow ◽  
Aerodynamic Performance ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Model Compressor ◽  
Measured Pressure ◽  
Stage Efficiency

An experimental investigation to improve the stage efficiency through the use of vaned diffusers is presented. Sixteen different vaned diffusers were tested on a model compressor rig. The results showed that the pressure recovery of the vaned diffuser increased up to the critical diffusion ratio, which was shown to be approximately 0.5. The measured pressure distribution around vanes of the well-designed diffusers which had the fair diffusion ratios, were found to agree well with the potential flow solutions. Finally, the importance of the diffuser inlet configuration to the improvement of the stage efficiency is discussed.

Numerical Investigation of the Inclined Leading Edge Diffuser Vane Effects on the Flow Unsteadiness and Noise Characteristics in a Transonic Centrifugal Compressor

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Zamiri ◽  
Byung Ju Lee ◽  
Jin Taek Chung
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Transonic Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Transient Simulations ◽  
Leading Edges ◽  
Compressor Efficiency

The three-dimensional, compressible, unsteady Navier-Stokes equations are solved to investigate the influence of the inclined leading edge diffuser vanes on the flow field and radiated noise from a transonic centrifugal compressor with high compression ratio. The computational domain is consisted of an inlet duct and a rotating impeller with splitter blades followed by a two-dimensional wedge vaned diffuser. The numerical method was validated by comparing the steady computational results with those of experiments in terms of pressure ratio and compressor efficiency at different operating points for the original diffuser. The transient simulations were verified by comparison of the velocity distribution with PIV data in normal flow condition before the onset of surge. In the case of steady simulations, seven types of diffuser vane with various inclination angles of leading edge were numerically modeled to investigate the effects of inclined leading edge on the diffuser pressure recovery and total pressure loss characteristics. The vaned diffuser with inclined leading edge reduces the interaction between the impeller discharge flow and diffuser leading edge which leads to improve the pressure recovery characteristics within the diffuser passage. Detailed flow analysis inside the diffuser passage showed the pressure ratio and compressor efficiency have been improved by the inclined leading edges. The maximum diffuser pressure recovery coefficient, 0.7185, and compressor efficiency, 84.80%, were observed in the case of 30 degree inclination angle from hub-to-shroud. In the case of transient simulations, five different inclined leading edge diffuser vanes were numerically conducted. The present study focuses on the unsteady pressure fluctuations and noise prediction within the impeller and diffuser passages at the compressor design point. The influences of inclination angle of diffuser vane leading edges on the pressure waves with different convective velocities, generated by the impeller-diffuser interaction and pseudo-periodic unsteady separation bubbles, were captured in the time/space domain along the diffuser blade surfaces. Since it is important to understand that the far-field acoustics are dominated by the internal pressure fluctuations inside the passages, the near-field pressure fluctuation spectra captured at the impeller-diffuser interface are evaluated to analyze the tonal BPF noise as the main noise source in the centrifugal compressors. It is shown that the inclined leading edges are very useful not only for improvement of the pressure recovery characteristics within the diffuser but also for the reduction of the interaction tonal BPF noise (around 7.6 dB SPL reduction). Furthermore, it was found that by using the inclined leading edge, the vortical structures and separations within the diffuser passages were reduced which may cause the attenuation of the broadband noise components and the overall sound pressure level.

The Numerical Study on the Performance Evaluations and Flow Structures for the Diffuser of Centrifugal Compressor in a Marine Engine Turbocharger

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Won Kim ◽  
Seung-Hyup Ryu ◽  
Jong-Il Park ◽  
Sang-Hak Ghal ◽  
Ji-Soo Ha
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Prediction Method ◽  
Pressure Recovery ◽  
Vaneless Diffuser ◽  
Vaned Diffuser ◽  
Marine Engine ◽  
High Pressure Ratio

The centrifugal compressor of marine engine turbocharger is composed of impeller, 1st vaneless diffuser, vaned diffuser, 2nd vaneless diffuser and volute casing. An examination of the condition of the flow leaving the impeller exit kinetic energy often accounts for 30–50% of the shaft work input to the compressor stage, and for energy efficiency it is important to recover as much of this as possible. This is the function of the diffuser which follows the impeller. Effective pressure recovery downstream of an impeller is very important to realize a centrifugal compressor with high efficiency and high pressure ratio, and an appropriate selection of a diffuser for a specific impeller is a critical step to develop the compressor accordingly. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of how compressor performances changes as vaned diffuser geometry is varied. Three kinds of vaned diffusers were studied and its results were compared. First vaned diffuser type is based on NACA airfoil and second is channel diffuser and third is conformal transformation of NACA 65 airfoil. Mean-line prediction method was applied to investigate the performance and stability for three kinds of diffusers. And CFD analyses have been done for comparison and detailed interior flow pattern study. In this study, the off design behavior of three different type of diffuser, given by mean-line prediction, was investigated using CFD results and selected best diffuser geometry which satisfy wider operating range and higher pressure recovery than the others. The numerical results were compared with experimental data for validation.

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