Comparative Study of Unsteady Flows in a Transonic Centrifugal Compressor with Vaneless and Vaned Diffusers

<p>To reduce vibration and noise level, the impeller and diffuser blade numbers inside an industrial compressor are typically chosen without common divisors. The shapes of volutes or collectors in these compressors are also not axis-symmetric. When impeller blades pass these asymmetric structu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cui Michael M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2005-01-01
Series:International Journal of Rotating Machinery
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Online Access:http://www.hindawi.net/access/get.aspx?journal=ijrm&volume=2005&pii=S1023621X03502044