NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 3D VISCOUS FLOW IN CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLERS

This paper investigates the three-dimensional viscous flow in centrifugal impellers through theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, which is a summary of the authors’ recent work. A quantitative evaluation of the different contributions to the streamwise vorticity is performed, namely, the...

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Main Authors: SHUN KANG, CHARLES HIRSCH
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Language:English
Published: Gdańsk University of Technology 2001-10-01
Series:TASK Quarterly
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description This paper investigates the three-dimensional viscous flow in centrifugal impellers through theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, which is a summary of the authors’ recent work. A quantitative evaluation of the different contributions to the streamwise vorticity is performed, namely, the passage vortices along the endwalls due to the flow turning; a passage vortex generated by the Coriolis forces proportional to the local loading and mainly active in the radial parts of the impeller; blade surface vortices due to the meridional curvature. In the numerical simulation the NASA Large Scale Centrifugal Compressor (LSCC) impeller with vaneless diffuser is computed at three flow rates. An advanced Navier-Stokes solver, EURANUS/TURBO is applied with an algebraic turbulence model of Badwin-Lomax and a linear k-ε model for closure, for different meshes. An in-depth validation has been performed based on the measured data. An excellent agreement is obtained for most of the data over a wide region of the flow passage. Structures of the 3D flow in the blade passage and the tip region, and their variations with flow rate as well, are analysed based on the numerical results.
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spelling doaj.art-38497d22512b49b5b3bbcf31f6708eff2022-12-22T00:11:43ZengGdańsk University of TechnologyTASK Quarterly1428-63942001-10-0154NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 3D VISCOUS FLOW IN CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLERSSHUN KANG0CHARLES HIRSCH1Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Department of Fluid MechanicsVrije Universiteit Brussels, Department of Fluid Mechanics This paper investigates the three-dimensional viscous flow in centrifugal impellers through theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, which is a summary of the authors’ recent work. A quantitative evaluation of the different contributions to the streamwise vorticity is performed, namely, the passage vortices along the endwalls due to the flow turning; a passage vortex generated by the Coriolis forces proportional to the local loading and mainly active in the radial parts of the impeller; blade surface vortices due to the meridional curvature. In the numerical simulation the NASA Large Scale Centrifugal Compressor (LSCC) impeller with vaneless diffuser is computed at three flow rates. An advanced Navier-Stokes solver, EURANUS/TURBO is applied with an algebraic turbulence model of Badwin-Lomax and a linear k-ε model for closure, for different meshes. An in-depth validation has been performed based on the measured data. An excellent agreement is obtained for most of the data over a wide region of the flow passage. Structures of the 3D flow in the blade passage and the tip region, and their variations with flow rate as well, are analysed based on the numerical results. https://journal.mostwiedzy.pl/TASKQuarterly/article/view/2273centrifugal compressorsecondary flowCFDtip leakage flowsviscous flow
spellingShingle SHUN KANG
CHARLES HIRSCH
NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 3D VISCOUS FLOW IN CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLERS
TASK Quarterly
centrifugal compressor
secondary flow
CFD
tip leakage flows
viscous flow
title NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 3D VISCOUS FLOW IN CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLERS
title_full NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 3D VISCOUS FLOW IN CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLERS
title_fullStr NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 3D VISCOUS FLOW IN CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLERS
title_full_unstemmed NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 3D VISCOUS FLOW IN CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLERS
title_short NUMERICAL SIMULATION AND THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 3D VISCOUS FLOW IN CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLERS
title_sort numerical simulation and theoretical analysis of the 3d viscous flow in centrifugal impellers
topic centrifugal compressor
secondary flow
CFD
tip leakage flows
viscous flow
url https://journal.mostwiedzy.pl/TASKQuarterly/article/view/2273
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