Analysis of an Air Powered Engine System Using a Multi-Stage Radial Turbine

The performance and design criteria of air powered multistage turbines are studied thermodynamically in this paper. In-house code is developed in the C++ environment and the characteristics of four-stage turbines with inter-heating are analyzed in terms of maximum thermal efficiency, maximum exergy...

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Main Authors: Xinjing Zhang, Chunqing Tan, Xiaohui Yan, Haisheng Chen, Xuehui Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-03-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1186