International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems

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J-Groove Technique for Suppressing Various Anomalous Flow Phenomena in Turbomachines

  • Kurokawa, Junichi (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yokohama National University)
  • Received : 2010.10.27
  • Accepted : 2010.11.24
  • Published : 2011.03.31
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Abstract

In operating a turbomachine at off-design conditions various instabilities caused by anomalous flow phenomena occur and sometimes lead to the damage of a turbomachine. In order to avoid these phenomena various devices characteristic to each phenomenon have been developed, however they make turbomachines large-sized and cause efficiency drop. The present author has developed a very simple and innovative device, termed "J-groove," of suppressing various anomalous flow phenomena commonly by controlling the angular momentum of the main flow. It has been revealed that J-groove makes an operation of a turbomachine stable in all flow range, causes little efficiency drop, and can be easily applied to an existing machine. Here is reviewed totally the results of suppressing various anomalous flow phenomena in turbomachines.

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