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H. Krain and W. Hoffman, “Verification of an Impeller Design by Laser Measurements and 3D-Viscous Flow Calculations,” ASME Paper, No. 89-GT-159, 1989.

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• TITLE: Predication of 3-D Viscous Flowfield of a Centrifugal Impeller

  AUTHORS: Limin Gao, Xudong Feng, Jian Xie

  KEYWORDS: Centrifugal Impeller, Aerodynamic Performance, 3-D Viscous Flow Calculation, Design & off-Design Conditions

  JOURNAL NAME: Energy and Power Engineering, Vol.3 No.1, February 25, 2011

  ABSTRACT: A three-dimensional viscous code has been developed to solve Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The governing equations in finite volume form are solved by two-step Runge-Kutta scheme with implicit residual smoothing. The eddy viscous is obtained using the Baldwin-Lomax model. A prediction of the 3-D turbulent flow and the performance in the “all-over controlled vortex distribution” centrifugal impeller with a vaneless diffuser has been made for the compressor at design and off-design condition. The predicted effi-ciency is a little higher than the experiment data. These results suggest that the present calculation code is able to determine the flow development in the impeller and also the turbulence model in the centrifugal im-peller should be improved.