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Global TURBOdesign Symposium Highlights

Advanced Design Technology (ADT) hosted their Global TURBOdesign Symposium on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th November at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury,...

What is blade loading and how is it specified?

Blade loading is the single most important aerodynamic design parameter in turbomachinery blades. It defines the amount of work made or extracted by...

Supercritical CO2 compressor and turbine design using 3D inverse design

Design High Performance Centrifugal Compressor Vaned Diffusers

The design of the vaned diffuser of a centrifugal compressor is still based on a considerable amount of empiricism in its design methodology....

Hydrodynamic Design of Pump Diffuser Using Inverse Design Method and CFD

A new approach to optimizing a hydrodynamic design of pump diffuser is presented, based on a three-dimensional inverse design method and a...

Key Advantages of 3D Inverse Design in Turbomachinery Design Process

Turbomachinery designers are under pressure to quickly deliver high performing designs. This challenge presents conflicting requirements such as...

Design of a Propeller Fan using 3D Inverse Design Method and CFD for High Efficiency and Low Aerodynamic Noise

Three-dimensional inverse design method, where the 3D blade profile is designed for a specified blade loading distribution, has been applied for...

Design of a Box Fan Rotor Using 3D Inverse Design

In this paper, a 3D inverse design code TURBOdesign1 is applied in a parametric way to the design of a box fan rotor, the blade geometry of an axial...

Optimization of Fan Noise by Coupling 3D Inverse Design and Automatic Optimizer

In many electronic cooling applications, axial fans are coupled directly with heat sinks and this has resulted in high fan pressure rise and compact...

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