Application of Gurney Flaps on a Centrifugal Fan Impeller

Aerodynamics of Gurney Flaps on a Wing in Ground Effect

Effect of impeller geometry on performance characteristics of centrifugal compressor

Centrifugal Compressors play an essential role in oil, gas and petrochemical industries. Their extensive usage is due to their smooth operation and high reliability compared to other other compressor types. One of the main characteristics of these turbomachines is their performance curve, which is an important criterion for selecting the appropriate compressor for a desired working condition. I...

Numerical study on the acoustic field of a centrifugal fan and the tonal noise sources

The widespread use of squirrel cage fans, especially in ventilation and home and industrial environments, has led to the formation of many research efforts to improve performance and reduce the sound produced by this type of fan. In the literature, the most important factor in generating sound in this category of fans is the confrontation between the rotor exit flow and the volute of the fan. I...

Application of Fluid/Structure Interaction Methods to Determine the Impeller Orbit Curves of a Centrifugal Pump

Sewage water pumps very often are equipped with impellers featuring a small number of blades which therefore provide big cross sections of the flow channel. Single-blade impellers comprise the smallest possible number of blades and are known as non-clogging pumps. But severe disadvantages occur during operation, because the timevariant flow in such pumps results in periodic unsteady flow forces...

Optimal Design of a Centrifugal Compressor Impeller Using Evolutionary Algorithms

An optimization study was conducted on a centrifugal compressor. Eight design variables were chosen from the control points for the Bezier curves which widely influenced the geometric variation; four design variables were selected to optimize the flow passage between the hub and the shroud, and other four design variables were used to improve the performance of the impeller blade. As an optimiz...