Design of the Centrifugal Compressor Vaned and Channel Diffusers Based on the Given Velocity Distribution

Mykola Kalinkevych

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Design of the Centrifugal Compressor Vaned and Channel Diffusers Based on the Given Velocity Distribution

Mykola Kalinkevych

Published in International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 10, Issue 4)

Received: 5 June 2022 Accepted: 21 June 2022 Published: 4 August 2022

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Abstract

Traditional methods of designing channels of turbomachines are focused on the use of simple geometric lines and surfaces, such as a straight line, arc, plane, cylindrical surface, etc. The design is performed according to recommendations based on experimental data. The other way of designing the channels of turbomachines is related to solving the inverse problem of fluid dynamics, when the shape of the surfaces is determined by the given distribution of velocities along the surfaces of the channel. Of course, channels designed in this way can be more efficient than channels designed by the traditional method. This paper describes the design principles for centrifugal compressor diffusers based on physical and mathematical models of the flow of swirling viscous compressible fluid. According to the presented method, the designing diffusers is based on the preseparation condition of the boundary layer along one of the outer surfaces. Numerical and experimental research was performed for vaned and channel diffusers. Comparison of experimental and design characteristics of diffusers and flow parameters in diffusers confirm the high efficiency of the diffuser, which was designed using the presented method and the adequacy of mathematical models with the physical processes of fluid flow in diffusers. A new method of designing the vaned diffusers and channel diffusers with the predetermined velocity distribution on vane surfaces provides an improvement in the gasdynamic characteristics of diffusers compared to traditional geometry diffusers.

Published in	International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Applications (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijmea.20221004.11
Page(s)	46-52
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Centrifugal Compressor, Method of the Design, Vaned Diffuser, Channel Diffuser, Research

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Mykola Kalinkevych. Design of the Centrifugal Compressor Vaned and Channel Diffusers Based on the Given Velocity Distribution. Int J Mech Eng Appl. 2022;10(4):46-52. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmea.20221004.11

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Institute of Applied Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Sumy, Ukraine

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