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Experimental and numerical investigation of a centrifugal compressor

Karrabi, H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2010

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1115/ESDA2010-24645
  3. Publisher: 2010
  4. Abstract:
  5. In this research, centrifugal compressor of a gas turbine is investigated experimentally and numerically. Operation line of the compressor as a component of the gas turbine is obtained experimentally by measurements of impeller rotational speed, and flow parameters at the compressor inlet and outlet during the gas turbine operation. The flow field inside the impeller and diffusers are analyzed numerically using a full 3D Navier-Stokes program with SST turbulence model. Boundary conditions for the numerical simulation are specified from the experimental measurements. The operation line of the compressor is obtained numerically, which is compared with that of the experimental results, and shows good agreement. Having validated the numerical results, the performance characteristic curves of the compressor are obtained numerically in a wide range
  6. Keywords:
  7. Compressor inlet ; Experimental measurements ; Flow parameters ; Navier Stokes ; Numerical investigations ; Numerical results ; Numerical simulation ; Performance characteristics ; Rotational speed ; Turbine operation ; Centrifugation ; Centrifuges ; Compressibility of gases ; Gas compressors ; Gas turbines ; Impellers ; Inlet flow ; Systems analysis ; Three dimensional ; Turbomachinery ; Turbulence models ; Centrifugal compressors
  8. Source: ASME 2010 10th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, ESDA2010, 12 July 2010 through 14 July 2010, Istanbul ; Volume 3 , 2010 , Pages 447-458 ; 9780791849170 (ISBN)
  9. URL: http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=1618210