Numerical Simulation of Flow Inside a Modified Turbocharger Centrifugal Compressor

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 563-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Layth H. Jawad ◽  
S. Abdullah ◽  
R. Zulkifli ◽  
W.M.F.W. Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor

Design of Impeller of Centrifugal Compressor for Water-Air Engine

2014 ◽  
Vol 496-500 ◽  
pp. 642-645
Author(s):  
Yun Wang ◽  
Wei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Power System ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Centrifugal Impeller ◽  
3D Design ◽  
Pump Impeller ◽  
Aero Engine ◽  
Simulation Results

In view of power system in water-air UAV requirements, combine with the centrifugal impeller for aero-engine and the pump impeller. The design of a impeller of centrifugal compressor can work on the air and in the water for the new concept of air-water engine. With 3D design and a 3D CFD solver on it and analysis the results of numerical simulation. Results show that the designed impeller successfully reached the goal on the air and in the water. The experiences accumulated in this procedure are useful for similar impeller aerodynamic designs.

Effects of Non-Axisymmetric Volute on Rotating Stall in the Vaneless Diffuser of a Centrifugal Compressor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zitian Niu ◽  
Zhenzhong Sun ◽  
Baotong Wang ◽  
Xinqian Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Stability Boundary ◽  
Rotating Stall ◽  
Evolution Process ◽  
Vaneless Diffuser ◽  
Unstable Flow ◽  
Centrifugal Compressors ◽  
Specific Location

Abstract Rotating stall is an important unstable flow phenomenon that leads to performance degradation and limits the stability boundary in centrifugal compressors. The volute is one of the sources to induce the non-axisymmetric flow in a centrifugal compressor, which has an important effect on the performance of compressors. However, the influence of volute on rotating stall is not clear. Therefore, the effects of volute on rotating stall by experimental and numerical simulation have been explored in this paper. It’s shown that one rotating stall cell generates in a specific location and disappears in another specific location of the vaneless diffuser as a result of the distorted flow field caused by the volute. Also, the cells cannot stably rotate in a whole circle. The frequency related to rotating stall captured in the experiment is 43.9% of the impeller passing frequency (IPF), while it is 44.7% of IPF captured by three-dimensional unsteady numerical simulation, which proves the accuracy of the numerical method in this study. The numerical simulation further reveals that the stall cell initialized in a specific location can be split into several cells during the evolution process. The reason for this is that the blockage in the vaneless diffuser induced by rotating stall is weakened by the mainstream from the impeller exit to make one initialized cell disperse into several ones. The volute has an important influence on the generation and evolution process of the rotating stall cells of compressors. By optimizing volute geometry to reduce the distortion of the flow field, it is expected that rotating stall can be weakened or suppressed, which is helpful to widen the operating range of centrifugal compressors.

A Numerical Investigation on the Volute/Diffuser Interaction due to the Axial Distortion at Impeller Exit

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahua Gu ◽  
Abraham Engeda ◽  
Mike Cave ◽  
Jean-Luc Di Liberti
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Steady Flow ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Vortex Structure ◽  
Flow Model ◽  
Single Stage ◽  
Mass Flows

Abstract A numerical simulation is performed on a single stage centrifugal compressor using the commercially available CFD software, CFX-TASCflow. The steady flow is obtained by circumferentially averaging the exit fluxes of the impeller. Three runs are made at design condition and off-design conditions. The predicted performance is in agreement with experimental data. The flow details inside the stationary components are investigated, resulting in a flow model describing the volute/diffuser interaction at design and off-design conditions. The recirculation and twin vortex structure are found to explain the volute loss increase at lower and higher mass flows, respectively.

Numerical Simulation of Supercritical CO2 Flows in a Centrifugal Compressor

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (0) ◽  
pp. J05509P
Author(s):  
Jianming HAO ◽  
Shota MORIGUCHI ◽  
Takashi FURUSAWA ◽  
Hironori MIYAZAWA ◽  
Satoru YAMAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Supercritical Co2

Numerical Simulation of Impeller–Volute Interaction in Centrifugal Compressors

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Hillewaert ◽  
R. A. Van den Braembussche
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Numerical Procedure ◽  
Flow Calculation ◽  
Total Temperature ◽  
Temperature And Pressure ◽  
Good Agreement

A numerical procedure to predict the impeller–volute interaction in a single-stage centrifugal compressor is presented. The method couples a three-dimensional unsteady flow calculation in the impeller with a three-dimensional time-averaged flow calculation in the volute through an iterative updating of the boundary conditions on the interface of both calculation domains. The method has been used to calculate the flow in a compressor with an external volute at off-design operation. Computed circumferential variations of flow angles, total temperature, and pressure are shown and compared with measurements. The good agreement between the predictions and measurements confirms the validity of the approach.

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