Performance Evaluation of an Air-Conditioning Compressor Part II: Volute Flow Predictions
A numerical method that solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations is used to study an inefficient component of a shipboard air-conditioning HCFC-124 compressor system. This high-loss component of the centrifugal compressor was identified as the volute through a series of measurements give...
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| description | A numerical method that solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations is used to study an inefficient component of a shipboard air-conditioning HCFC-124 compressor system. This high-loss component of the centrifugal compressor was identified as the volute through a series of measurements given in Part I of the paper. The predictions were made using three grid topologies. The first grid closes the connection between the cutwater and the discharge diffuser. The other two grids connect the cutwater area with the discharge diffuser. Experiments were performed to simulate both the cutwater conditions used in the predictions. Surface pressures along the outer wall and near the inlet of the volute were surveyed for comparisons with the predictions. Good agreements between the predicted results and the measurements validate the calculations. Total pressure distributions and flow stream traces from the prediction results support the loss distribution through the volute. A modified volute configuration is examined numerically for further loss comparison. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7e3a1da66c2241118bf45f14d076dcde2025-02-03T05:57:34ZengWileyInternational Journal of Rotating Machinery1023-621X1999-01-015424125010.1155/S1023621X99000214Performance Evaluation of an Air-Conditioning Compressor Part II: Volute Flow PredictionsYu-Tai Lee0Thomas W. Bein1David Taylor Model Basin, 9500 MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700, USADavid Taylor Model Basin, 9500 MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700, USAA numerical method that solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations is used to study an inefficient component of a shipboard air-conditioning HCFC-124 compressor system. This high-loss component of the centrifugal compressor was identified as the volute through a series of measurements given in Part I of the paper. The predictions were made using three grid topologies. The first grid closes the connection between the cutwater and the discharge diffuser. The other two grids connect the cutwater area with the discharge diffuser. Experiments were performed to simulate both the cutwater conditions used in the predictions. Surface pressures along the outer wall and near the inlet of the volute were surveyed for comparisons with the predictions. Good agreements between the predicted results and the measurements validate the calculations. Total pressure distributions and flow stream traces from the prediction results support the loss distribution through the volute. A modified volute configuration is examined numerically for further loss comparison.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1023621X99000214Air-conditioning compressorVoluteCutwater (tongue)DiffuserReynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. |
| spellingShingle | Yu-Tai Lee Thomas W. Bein Performance Evaluation of an Air-Conditioning Compressor Part II: Volute Flow Predictions International Journal of Rotating Machinery Air-conditioning compressor Volute Cutwater (tongue) Diffuser Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. |
| title | Performance Evaluation of an Air-Conditioning
Compressor Part II: Volute Flow Predictions |
| title_full | Performance Evaluation of an Air-Conditioning
Compressor Part II: Volute Flow Predictions |
| title_fullStr | Performance Evaluation of an Air-Conditioning
Compressor Part II: Volute Flow Predictions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Evaluation of an Air-Conditioning
Compressor Part II: Volute Flow Predictions |
| title_short | Performance Evaluation of an Air-Conditioning
Compressor Part II: Volute Flow Predictions |
| title_sort | performance evaluation of an air conditioning compressor part ii volute flow predictions |
| topic | Air-conditioning compressor Volute Cutwater (tongue) Diffuser Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1023621X99000214 |
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