- ADT to Present TURBOdesign Suite 5.0 at ASME 2010 Turbo Expo
- ADT to Exhibit at the Turbocharging Conference,May, London
- ADT - Impact-Tek Streamline Turbomachinery Structural Design
- ADT to exhibit at the Ansys EASC in Munich, July 09
- Release of TURBOdesignSuite V3
- TURBOdesign Suite to be showcased at FanNoise 2007
- TURBOdesign-1 v 3.0 Featured in World Pumps June Issue
- Ebm-papst utilizes TURBOdesign-1 in Optimal Fan Design
- Application of TURBOdesign-1 in Ebara Corporation
- Avio utilizes TURBOdesign-1 for Aeroengine LP Turbines
- Kubota uses TURBOdesign-1 in design of Hydraulic Turbines
- Issue of Version 2.2 of TURBOdesign-1
- 2003 World Pump Article
Ebm-papst utilizes TURBOdesign-1 in Optimal Fan Design
Ebm-papst is one of the largest fan manufacturers in the world with a turnover exceeding 900M Euro. Recently they carried out an extensive benchmark of many different design methods available worldwide in order to make their design process faster and more efficient. As a result of this extensive evaluation they concluded that TURBOdesign-1 by Advanced Design Technology Ltd provides the best solution.
The direct approach for designing a new impeller, in which the blade geometry is optimized by trial and error modification of the blade shape together with a CFD code for evaluation of performance, requires a lot of geometrical parameters.
In addition, the correlation between geometrical parameters and aerodynamics is unknown in most cases. Therefore, a lot of CFD calculations or measurements have to be done until the best configuration is reached.
However, by using TURBOdesign-1, the blade design can be achieved for a specified blade loading distribution and spanwise circulation distribution, which give direct control of 3D pressure field to the designer. This in turn allows designers to improve aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance without the need for large number of CFD computations.
Katrin Bohl the R&D aerodynamic engineer at ebm-papst Mulfingen in Germany says of TURBOdesign-1:
”Hence many different designs can be analyzed and evaluated without time-consuming CFD calculation. Additionally, the results of a new design can give useful indications as to which parameters are important for the aerodynamics and if the desired pressure rise can be realised. Through easy and fast variation of input parameters, an optimal configuration can be found within minutes.”
To read more, please download a copy of the Case Study.
Released: 10-01-2007
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