Laser anemometer measurements of the flow field in a 4:1 pressure ratio centrifugal impeller / G.J. Skoch [and four others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Skoch, Gary J., author.

Contributor:

Lewis Research Center, issuing body.

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Series:

NASA technical memorandum ; 107541.

ARL-TR (Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.) ; 1448.

NASA technical memorandum ; 107541

U.S. Army Research Laboratory technical report ; ARL-TR-1448

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Impellers.

Computational fluid dynamics.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cleveland, Ohio : NASA Lewis Research Center and U.S. Army Research Laboratory, August 1997.

Summary:

A laser-doppler anemometer was used to obtain flow-field velocity measurements in a 4:1 pressure ratio, 4.54 kg/s (10 lbm/s), centrifugal impeller, with splitter blades and backsweep, which was configured with a vaneless diffuser. Measured through-flow velocities are reported for ten quasi-orthogonal survey planes at locations ranging from 1% to 99% of main blade chord. Measured through-flow velocities are compared to those predicted by a 3-D viscous steady flow analysis (Dawes) code. The measurements show the development and progression through the impeller and vaneless diffuser of a through-flow velocity deficit which results from the tip clearance flow and accumulation of low momentum fluid centrifuged from the blade and hub surfaces. Flow traces from the CFD analysis show the origin of this deficit which begins to grow in the inlet region of the impeller where it is first detected near the suction surface side of the passage. It then moves toward the pressure side of the channel, due to the movement of tip clearance flow across the impeller passage, where it is cut by the splitter blade leading edge. As blade loading increases toward the rear of the channel the deficit region is driven back toward the suction surface by the cross-passage pressure gradient. There is no evidence of a large wake region that might result from flow separation and the impeller efficiency is relatively high. The flow field in this impeller is quite similar to that documented previously by NASA Lewis in a large low-speed backswept impeller.

Notes:

"August 1997"--Report documentation page

"Prepared for the Turbo-Expo '97 sponsored by the International Gas Turbine Institute of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Orlando, Florida, June 2-5, 1997."

"Performing organization: NASA Langley Research Center and U.S. Army Research Laboratory"--Report documentation page

Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (NASA, viewed December 23, 2016).

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OCLC:

227854609