Centrifugal Compressor Design Criteria - A Comparison of Theory and Experiment

Abstract

The objective of this program was to define the utility of the Detroit Diesel Allison Centrifugal Compressor Performance (CCP) analysis. This objective was accomplished by comparing the preexisting analysis of the performance of a new high-pressure-ratio centrifugal compressor (RC-2) with the test data obtained in the course of this program. After the first or baseline compressor tests, the test results were analyzed on the basis of the CCP program, and initial compressor modifications were recommended and carried out. An additional modification was also completed. Prior to each test of the modified compressor, an estimate of the unit's performance was obtained by using the CCP program, and the test results were subsequently compared with this estimate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA004011

Entities

People

  • Brink A. Hopkins
  • Samy Baghdadi
  • William F. Osborn

Organizations

  • General Motors

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Boundary Layer
  • Centrifugal Compressors
  • Compressors
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Design Criteria
  • Engineering
  • Gas Turbines
  • Geometry
  • Inlet Guide Vanes
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Tensile Strength
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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