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Multi-Point Optimization of an Industrial Centrifugal Compressor with Return Channel

In another article, based on one of ADT’s technical papers that was presented at the Turbomachinery Society of Japan [1], we cover the baseline...

Design of an Industrial Centrifugal Compressor with Return Channel

Centrifugal compressors are one of the most commonly used gas compression systems across a variety of industries. For a centrifugal compressor, the...

Automatic Optimization of a Centrifugal Pump Stage

In another article on the manual design of a centrifugal pump stage, we showed that there is scope for improvement in the baseline impeller...

Design of a Centrifugal Pump Stage

Across the specific speed range, pumps are subject to various flow phenomena and loss mechanisms which are dominant in that particular range. For...

Design of an Axial Compressor Stage

Across the specific speed range, compressors are subject to various flow phenomena and loss mechanisms which are dominant in that particular range....

Automatic Optimization of an Axial Compressor Stage

In another article on the manual design of an axial compressor stage, we showed that there is scope for improvement in the baseline stage, especially...

What is the Optimum Blade Loading for Pumps?

Pumps account for 20% of global energy consumption, and energy is often the largest cost in the life cycle costs of a pump system. Critical to a good...

The Manual Design of an Axial Fan

The fan design process generally starts with the chart shown in Figure 1 which provides the relationship between speed number and diameter number as...

Automatic Optimization of an Axial Fan

In another article on the manual redesign of a baseline axial fan, we showed how to manually set the spanwise and streamwise blade loading parameters...

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