Two-Dimensional Rotating Stall Analysis in a Wide Vaneless Diffuser
We report a numerical study on the vaneless diffuser core flow instability in centrifugal compressors. The analysis is performed for the purpose of better understanding of the rotating stall flow mechanism in radial vaneless diffusers. Since the analysis is restricted to the two-dimensional core flo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2006-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Rotating Machinery |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IJRM/2006/56420 |
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| Summary: | We report a numerical study on the vaneless diffuser core flow
instability in centrifugal compressors. The analysis is performed
for the purpose of better understanding of the rotating stall flow
mechanism in radial vaneless diffusers. Since the analysis is
restricted to the two-dimensional core flow, the effect of the wall
boundary layers is neglected. A commercial code with the standard
incompressible viscous flow solver is applied to model the
vaneless diffuser core flow in the plane parallel to the diffuser
walls. At the diffuser inlet, rotating jet-wake velocity pattern
is prescribed and at the diffuser outlet constant static pressure
is assumed. Under these circumstances, two-dimensional rotating
flow instability similar to rotating stall is found to exist.
Performed parameter analysis reveals that this instability is
strongly influenced by the diffuser geometry and the inlet and
outlet flow conditions. |
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| ISSN: | 1023-621X 1542-3034 |