• 설비공학논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.483-494
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• 1998

This study describes the characteristics on impeller discharge flow of a centrifugal compressor with vaneless diffuser. Distorted flow at impeller exit was investigated by measuring of unsteady velocity fluctuation using hot-wire anemometer. As a result, a wake region appears near shroud side and moves to suction side and also to hub side as flow rate decreases. Jet, wake, and their boundary region which can be defined in jet-wake flow model are clearly observed at a high flow rate for the flow coefficient of 0.64, however, as flow rate decreases to the flow coefficient of 0.19, the classification of their regions disappears. Turbulence intensity also increases as flow rate decreases. Measurement error from uncertainty analysis is estimated about 4% at the flow coefficient of 0.19

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2002

This paper reports an experimental investigation on a centrifugal compressor with the adjustable inlet guide vane. The compression system is composed of a radial impeller, a vaneless diffuser, and an IGV. The results have shown that surge line on the performance map is affected by the amount of prewhirl and the prewhirl has an effect on transient region between rotating stall and surge. The surge lines have been shifted toward the lower flow region with the increased positive prewhirl and the higher flow region with the increased negative prewhirl. During the unsteady performance test, it was also found that the transient region was reduced with the increased negative prewhirl, and weak signals of rotating stall were detected just before surge as the positive prewhirl was increased.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2002년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.17-30
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• 2002

The design method of turbomachinery has been developed highly. But some geometric dimensions have been determined from the empirical view points. In designing the inlet outer diameter of pump impeller and the hub ratio of blower, satisfactory theoretical grounds have not been presented till now. In the paper, these points are discussed and the method of increasing pump and blower efficiencies are also discussed on the basis of experimental and computational results of flow analysis. Further, the effects of tip clearance of rotor on its efficiency and the interference of rotor and stator blade rows are discussed and some ideas to estimate their effects are presented.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회논문집B
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• pp.580-585
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• 2000

Recently TEIS model, Two-zone model aid Stanitz equations are often used for off-design performance prediction of centrifugal compressor and pump. The prediction results often agree well with experimental data. However these models and equations have some important variables which have a great influence on overall performance prediction me. But no systematic study about these variables has been performed. So, in this paper, a systematic study about these variables influence on overall performance prediction owe is peformed. Finally the meaning of the variables and the research to be undertaken are discussed.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.1292-1301
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• 2001

The mean-line method using empirical models is the most practical method of predicting off-design performance. To gain insight into the empirical models, the influence of empirical models on the performance prediction results is investigated. We found that, in the two-zone model, the secondary flow mass fraction has a considerable effect at high mass flow-rates on the performance prediction curves. In the TEIS model, the first element changes the slope of the performance curves as well as the stable operating range. The second element makes the performance curves move up and down as it increases or decreases. It is also discovered that the slip factor affects pressure ratio, but it has little effect on efficiency. Finally, this study reveals that the skin friction coefficient has significant effect on both the pressure ratio curve and the efficiency curve. These results show the limitations of the present empirical models, and more resonable empirical models are reeded.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2010

This paper presents a procedure for the design optimization of a centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor consists of a centrifugal impeller, vaneless diffuser and volute. And, optimization techniques based on the radial basis neural network method are used to optimize the impeller of a centrifugal compressor. The Latin-hypercube sampling of design-of-experiments is used to generate the thirty design points within design spaces. Three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with the shear stress transport turbulence model are discretized by using finite volume approximations and solved on hexahedral grids to evaluate the objective function of the total-to-total pressure ratio. Four variables defining the impeller hub and shroud contours are selected as design variables in this optimization. The results of optimization show that the total-to-total pressure ratio of the optimized shape at the design flow coefficient is enhanced by 2.46% and the total-to-total pressure ratios at the off-design points are also improved significantly by the design optimization.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2010년 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.167-173
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• 2010

In this study, flow structure in a three-stage centrifugal compressor for LNG Plant with the refrigerant, Propane, was numerically investigated at the design point of the compressor using a commercial code. Flow characteristics in the passages of impeller and vaneless diffuser were analyzed in detail including velocity vector, Mach number and pressure contours in blade spanwise and meridional plane for each stage. The estimation on the one-dimensional output from the preliminary design and three-dimensional shape of the impeller blade was performed through the flow analysis. The verification for designed compressor was carried out from three-dimensional Navier-Stokes analysis. The results will be used as reference data for a new design of 3-D impeller shape to improve propane refrigerant compressor performance.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.293-299
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• 2015

여러 산업분야에서 다양한 원심압축기가 사용되고 있다. 따라서 사용자의 요구에 맞는 원심압축기의 설계가 복잡해졌고, 최적화된 설계점을 찾는 것은 더욱 어려워졌다. 전통적으로 효율은 최적화의 중요한 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 효율 외에도 압축기의 무게를 고려하여 설계하였다. 본 연구의 목적은 압축기의 효율과 무게를 고려할 때에 그 고려하는 가중치의 변화에 따라 설계의 경향성이 나타남을 확인하는 것에 있다. 또한, 이를 바탕으로 초기 설계 단계에서 객관적인 설계점을 선택할 수 있음을 보여주는데 있다. 본 연구에서는 베인이 없는 디퓨저를 한정하여 연구하였다. 최적화를 위해서 크리깅을 사용하였고, 1차원 설계 프로그램의 표본을 적절히 이용하였다. 설계공간을 적절히 가정하였고, 설계공간 내에서 최적설계점을 계산하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.781-787
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 4단으로 구성된 LNG 플랜트용 프로판 냉매 원심 압축기 각 단의 설계점에 대해 상용 코드를 이용하여 공력설계를 하였다. 1차원 공력 설계 결과와 3차원 유로 형상의 타당성은 유동해석을 통해 확인하였다. 특히 입구전압이 높고 회전수가 큰 4단 압축기 임펠러의 유로와 베인리스 디퓨저 내부 유동에 대한 속도장, 압력장 및 엔트로피 등의 유동특성에 대해 고찰하였고, 아울러 익단 간극이 유동장에 미치는 영향에 대해서도 알아보았다. 본 연구 결과는 프로판 냉매 압축기의 시스템 제작에 활용될 것이며 추후 실제 실험결과와 비교하고자 한다. 향후 설계된 프로판 냉매압축기에 대한 LNG 플랜트에서의 실증시험을 통해 구체적인 설계결과에 대한 평가 및 설계 개선이 이루어지리라 생각한다.