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The twin-entry radial inflow gas turbine is extensively used in engine turbochargers. The use of twin-entry radial flow turbine in the turbocharging systems makes it possible to use the kinetic energy of pulsating exhaust gases. This turbine is usually exposed to partial admission conditions in engine operating conditions, which the flows in each inlet are not equal for most of the time. This partial admission varies from zero flow in one entry with full admission in the other, to full flow in both entries. The flow pattern in this turbine is complex and three dimensional due to geometry and inlet conditions. Therefore, better understanding of the flow pattern and losses in the turbine can... 

In this research, a novel quasi-3D design method is developed for the centrifugal compressor impeller on the blade-to-blade plane. In this method, an iterative inverse design method called Ball-Spine Algorithm (BSA) is incorporated into the quasi-3D analysis code solving the Euler equations on the blade-to-blade and meridional planes at each shape modification step. In design procedure, the difference between the target and current pressure distribution along the suction or pressure sides of the impeller causes the blade-to-blade profile to be changed and the target pressure distribution to be satisfied. In order to validate the quasi-3D analysis code, the centrifugal compressor of a gas... 

In this project Sharif Gas Turbine laboratory turbojet engine, and the turboshaft engine which is designed based on the turbojet gas generator are statically and dynamically modeled and required functions for turboshaft control are extracted. In static modeling a repetitive process is applied to reach static operation points. Static operation line and static characteristics of turbojet engine are extracted and compared to relevant sources. In dynamic modeling of turbojet engine a lumped volume is allocated to each component of engine and gas dynamic equations are solved in this volume along with individual performance map of engine components to acquire output characteristics in each time... 

Centrifugal compressors have wide applications in the turbochargers, aircraft propulsion and petrochemical industry. Therefore it is important to design high efficiency centrifugal compressor. Knowledge of compressor performance at different conditions, energy losses and the contribution of each component of compressor in efficiency losses have of great importance.
In this research, different loss models of the centrifugal compressor were reviewed and investigated. Then 1D codes were developed based on the loss models, and performance characteristics of S2B Schweitzer and GT4082 Garret compressors at different conditions were achieved. In order to evaluate the modeling results,... 

Radial Flow compressors have broad applications in aero-space, transport, gas and oil industries and etc. This type of compressor is a better choice in meeting constraints on weight and space, especially when continuous high pressure stream in low volumetric rate is of interest.
Through main components of radial flow compressors, many investigations have been performed on design and optimization of the impellers and the diffusers, but the optimum design and optimization of compressor volute have received less attention.Volute design has direct and strong influence on compressor performance and its stable operating range.
In this research numerical and experimental investigations is... 

Axial compressors are utilized to increase compressible flow pressure in an efficient manner where mass flow rate is high, such as aviation engines and power generation gas turbines. The flow is compressed within this machine through several stages. Each stage consists of a rotor blade row followed by a stator blade row. Energy transfer to the air is performed on the rotor by changing its velocity vector. Then, pressure is recovered from velocity by diffusion, meanwhile turning the flow direction through stator blades. These blades have been designed and optimized with various methods evolved with developing computational and manufacturing facilities. In this thesis the aerodynamic design of... 

The purposes of this research are one and three dimensional aerodynamic designs of a twin entry radial-inflow gas turbine's impeller. The GT4082 model Garrett turbocharger was chosen for this purpose. In order to predict existing turbine performance curves one dimensional model was prepared for whole turbine. For validating the 1d-modeling's results, widespread tests were performed on the turbine at Sharif University of Technology turbocharger lab. Comparing the results of 1d-modeling with experimental results, show 4.7% and 4% max difference for efficiency and mass parameter respectively. The wheel designing procedure started from primary design based on the mean line assumption, in 1-d... 

Centrifugal compressors are vastly implemented in the industry due to their higher pressure ratio per stage. So, researches are still going on to improve the performance of these devices. On this way, the current project is defined to perform geometrical optimization in the impeller of a centrifugal compressor using numerical and experimental methods. In this research, the design process of centrifugal compressors is first discussed according to methods and guidelines provided in several references. Then the compressor of the GT4082 turbocharger is redesigned using these theories. It is shown that overall available rules are enough to design an acceptable centrifugal compressor. Experimental... 

Turbojet engines are used widely in the aviation industry due to very high specific thrust. The design and manufacture of turbojet components are complex procedures and needs high technology. In this M. S.c Thesis, the structur and function of a turbojet engine are described. then all stages of design,manufacture ,test and control of a small turbojet engine which is developed by use of a turbocharger are specified. the design and construction of combustion chamber, exhaust nozzle, lubrication system, thrust measurement system, data acquisition system, fuel and ignition system ,control system and etc are carried out at Sharif University of Technology gas turbine laboratory. The one... 

The propulsion system plays a significant role in determining of mission and flight regime of an air craft. This system, provides the propulsion force for an air craft. A comprehensive model based on the specifications of gas turbine cycle, with acceptable accuracy, is necessary for quick estimating of the engine performance in different phases of design and development of a propulsion system. The structure and performance of the turbojet engine is elaborated in this project and the previous researches and their simulating methods of the turbojet engine are reviewed. The research plan is justified by explanation of the project’s objects and its assumptions. Then, the zero-dimensional... 

Diesel engines have widely used in past hundred years. During this time costly and extensive researches have been done to improve engine performance, which is going on. Important issues of these engines are higher specific power and efficiency and lower specific fuel consumption and pollutions formation. One of the best methods for engine performance improvement is matching a convenient turbocharger on engine. A turbocharger increases the engine air mass flow rate by increasing the inlet pressure and density. Due to increase of fresh air mass flow rate, fuel mass flow rate and power would increase. The aim of this research is to choose the convenient turbocharger for the OM355 naturally... 

Nowadays internal combustion engines play an important role in the power generation as well as transportation fields all over the world. By using the turbocharger in internal combustion engine, more power is obtained in compare with aspirated engine having the same size, which is limited for gasoline engines. In this research, by a three-zone computer simulation code and experimental tests, the power boost limitations of the gasoline turbocharged engine are investigated. The results of single cylinder aspirated gasoline engine tests are used for validation the natural aspirated part of the code. For validating the turbocharged engine simulation, the results of a four cylinders gasoline... 

This research is done as a continuation of previous efforts to develop a turbojet engine from a turbocharger at departments of mechanical and aerospace engineering of Sharif University of Technology and describes the necessary steps in order to design and build a dual fuel combustion chamber for a small, turbocharger based turbojet engine. At first, zero-dimensional analysis is done using a code written in Matlab. Using this code, matching of the compressor and turbine in the turbojet thermodynamic cycle is verified and the operating line of the turbojet engine has been extracted. Henceforth, operating conditions of the combustion chamber to start design process is determined. In designing... 

In this research, it is aimed to convert a turbojet engine to a turboshaft by replacing the exhaust nozzle with a new designed power turbine stage. The design procedure is backed up with parametric studies to increase efficiency. At first a program is written for one dimensional modelling of the stage of axial turbine. By the way, the three dimensional modelling of the stage of axial turbine with Ansys-cfx business software is done. These methods are validated by modelling the gas generator turbine and comparison of their results with experimental results. Then the power turbine including the blades and the geometry of flow walls on shaft and casing are designed. The performance of power... 

The project aims to select the best Waste gate opening pressure for my Turbocharged gas engine is m355G. For this purpose GT-power software for modeling engine power is used. it is reduced to the 38/11 percent. After checking the model in several Waste gate opening pressure Turbocharged Gas engine performance is evaluated and the best Waste gate opening pressure is achieved. The results show that the engine brake specific fuel consumption by changing the opening pressure of 165 mm Hg to 255 mm Hg 4/03 percent and 14/19 percent of the engine power is increased. Also opening pressure of 265 mm Hg to 255 mm Hg engine brake specific fuel consumption 0/25 percent and 0/88 percent of the engine... 

Prediction of axial flow turbine’s performance with different operating conditions due to the high costs and lack of reliable empirical data is always under developing. In this type of turbine, fluid flow is three-dimensional, viscous and highly turbulent. Nowadays, although a relatively detailed picture of the flow field can be obtained by the computational and numerical tools, but using of appropriate loss models in one-dimensional modeling for the performance prediction as well as optimization of the turbine in initial design phases, is a common trend.
In the current study, aerodynamic losses in the axial flow turbine are investigated. Several loss models for the axial flow turbines... 

Improvement of axial flow compressor is usually goal of manufacturers of these equipments. Because basic role of it in gas turbine efficiency too many researchers have effort to know phenomenon and effect of them on axial flow compressor's revenue and optimization of them. In this project the aerodynamic of axial flow compressor studied and effect of important parameters such as diffusion factor coefficient, optimum incidence angel and Mach and Reynolds number determined from text and papers. Then obtained a model from experimental data to determine shock loss and extended algorithms to specify critical Mach number and chocking mass flow. With quotation Craig and Cox method we determined a... 

Duct Inverse design problems usually involve finding the wall shape associated with a prescribed distribution of wall pressure or velocity. In this investigation, a novel iterative inverse design method is presented and developed for internal flows. In the proposed method, the duct walls shape is changed under a novel algorithm based on the deformation of a virtual flexible string in flow. The deformation of the string due to the local flow conditions resulting from changes in wall geometry is observed until the target shape satisfying the prescribed wall’s pressure distribution is reached. The flow field at each step is analyzed to obtain the current pressure distribution along the wall.... 

Today, spark ignition internal combustion engines make up a large percentage of passenger car engines, so their performance improvement is important. Turbocharging of these engines, although is an appropriate method to enhance their specific power and improve their specific fuel consumption, but it has big problems such as the possibility of knock and increasing the NOx emissions in the engine. In this study, resolving these problems is intended by controlling the engine inlet charged air temperature to improve performance of the engine. For this purpose, the investigations are conducted experimentally as well as numerically. The experimental studies are carried out on a turbocharged... 

For several decades, turbocharging of internal combustion engines has been a wide spreading technology to increase the engine output power as much as possible. Turbocharger has two main components: compressor, and turbine. Therefore, increasing the efficiency of turbine and compressor has a major role in engine performance improvement. This has been a continuous research goal in 20th century. Considerable advances has been achieved until now. Turbocharger turbine should be matched to engine in a wide range operation conditions with high efficiency. Many researchers have published their achievements considering turbine elements design improvements. This research is focused on the turbine...