AN INVESTIGATION OF COMPRESSIBLE FLOWS WITH LARGE WHIRL COMPONENTS.

Abstract

This investigation was conducted to determine the losses in the scroll and inlet guide vanes of a dual discharge, radial-inflow turbine. Difficulties are encountered in such tests because the air is discharged from the guide vanes with a large whirl component into the cavity normally occupied by the turbine rotor. Connected with such flows are phenomena such as choking and energy separation. This led to the investigation of the flow in a vortex chamber where the vortex is driven by the inlet guide vanes of the radial turbine. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0820390

Entities

People

  • Robert Lee Boshoven

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compressible Flow
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Flow
  • Guide Vanes
  • Inlet Guide Vanes
  • Inlets
  • Openings
  • Radial Turbines
  • Surfaces
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.