Applications
Design High Efficiency Impellers with Splitter Blades
Design of High Performance Pump Stage
Design of an Automobile Torque Converter
Design Optimisation of a Strongly Interacting Diffuser Pump Stage
Design of a Cooling Fan
Design of a Double-Suction Fan Stage
Design of a Double-Suction Volute Pump
Redesign of an Industrial Compressor Stage
Design of Refrigeration Compressor Stage in R134a
Multi-Objective Optimisation of a Centrifugal Pump Stage by Means of Design of Experiment Coupled with Inverse Design Method
Hydraulic Design Optimisation of a Torque Converter
Design of a 3 Stage Axial LP Turbine for Aeroengine Applications
Design of an Inducer Pump with High Suction Performance and Backflow Control
Design High Performance Centrifugal Compressor Impellers
Design High Performance Centrifugal Compressor Vaned Diffusers
Design High Performance Axial Turbine Stages with More Uniform Exit Flow
Publications
- Choice of Optimum Blade Loading in Application of 3D Inverse Design to Design of Pumps and Fans.
- Parametric Design of a Waterjet Pump by Means of Inverse Design, CFD Calculations and Experimental Analyses
- On the Inverse Design of Inter-stage Ducts, Diffuser Walls and Meridional Geometry of Turbomachines
- Inviscid-Viscous Interaction Method for Three-Dimensional Inverse Design of Centrifugal Impellers
- Development of A 3D Inverse Design Code for Application to Different Turbo and Hydraulic Machinery Components
Case Studies
- TURBOdesign1 an efficient design tool for the development of compact fan guide vanes at ebm-papst
- Design of a Compact Reactor Coolant Pump with Higher Efficiency and Cavitation Performance by using TURBOdesign1
- Improving Turbocharger Centrifugal Compressor Efficiency by TURBOdesign1 - Cummins Turbo
- Design of a Second Stage Hydrogen Rocket Turbopump by TURBOdesign1
- Designing Optimal Fans Using TURBOdesign1 at Ebm-papst Mulfingen
TURBOdesign1 - Input Data
- Rotating speed → Specification
- Inlet flow distribution → Specification
- Meridional profile → Initial guess from 1D code which is then modified interactively using TURBOdesign-1
- Blade number → Assumed based on experience
- Blade thickness → Assumed (structural strength)
- Blade loading → Overview of blade loading
- Stacking condition → Overview of stacking condition