Applications
Redesign of an Industrial Compressor Stage
Design High Performance Centrifugal Compressor Vaned Diffusers
Design of Refrigeration Compressor Stage in R134a
Design High Efficiency Impellers with Splitter Blades
Design Optimisation of a Strongly Interacting Diffuser Pump Stage
Design High Performance Centrifugal Compressor Impellers
Design of an Automobile Torque Converter
Design of a 3 Stage Axial LP Turbine for Aeroengine Applications
Design High Performance Axial Turbine Stages with More Uniform Exit Flow
Design of High Performance Pump Stage
Design of a Cooling Fan
Design of a Double-Suction Fan Stage
Design of a Double-Suction Volute Pump
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 an Inducer Pump with High Suction Performance and Backflow Control
Publications
- On the Role of Three-Dimensional Inverse Design Methods in Turbomachinery Shape Optimization
- Inverse Design of Centrifugal Compressor Vaned Diffusers in Inlet Shear Flows
- Optimization of Microturbine Aerodynamics Using CFD, Inverse Design and FEM Structural Analysis (1st Report: Compressor Design)
- Choice of Optimum Blade Loading in Application of 3D Inverse Design to Design of Pumps and Fans.
- Investigation of an Inversely Designed Centrifugal Compressor Stage - Part II: Experimental Investigations
Case Studies
- Improving Turbocharger Centrifugal Compressor Efficiency by TURBOdesign1 - Cummins Turbo
- Design of Mixed Flow Pump Stage Using TURBOdesign1 and CFD Code, Hyosung-Ebara
- TURBOdesign1 is Extensively Used at Voith Turbo for the Design of Hydrodynamic Torque Converters
- Application of TURBOdesign1 for the Compact Design of Rocket Engine Turbopump - JAXA
- Inverse Design of Aeronautical Turbines in Avio S.p.A Design Process
Improving a Vaned Diffuser for a Given Centrifugal Impeller by 3D Inverse Design
In this paper the application of 3D inverse design code TURBOdesign1 to the design of the vane geometry of a centrifugal compressor vaned diffuser is presented. For this study the new diffuser is designed to match the flow leaving the conventional impeller, which is highly non-uniform. The inverse method designs the blade geometry for a given specification of thickness and blade loading distribution. The paper describes the choice of loading distribution used in the design as well as the influence of the diffuser inlet flow distribution on the vane geometry and flow field. The flow field in the new diffuser is analysed by a 3D viscous flow code and the result is compared to that of the conventional diffuser. Finally the results of testing the stage performance of the new diffuser is compared with that of the conventional stage.