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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...

Design of a Francis Turbine Stage

Francis turbines play a major role in existing hydropower generation systems. Increasingly, they are also becoming an important area of development...

Corner Separation Control in Vaned Diffusers of Compressors

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 a Francis Turbine Runner

In another article on the baseline design of a Francis turbine stage, we showed that there is scope for improvement in the baseline runner in terms...

Shock Control in Transonic Centrifugal Compressors

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

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