Abstract: This paper introduces a new approach for the preliminary design and aerothermal analysis of centrifugal impellers using a relative diffusion effectiveness parameter. The relative diffusion effectiveness is defined as the ...

Abstract: The effects of humid air on the performance of a multistage research compressor and new methods of humidity accounting to ensure appropriate representation of performance parameters are investigated in this paper. ...

Abstract: Careful experimental measurements can capture small changes in compressor total pressure ratio (TPR), which arise with subtle changes in an experiment's configuration. Research facilities that use unconditioned atmospheric ...

Abstract: Modern turbomachinery faces increased performance demands in terms of efficiency, compactness, and pressure-rise. Advancements in computational technology have allowed numerical methods to become the backbone of design ...