• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.86-91
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• 2008

The effects of the diffuser vane on the performances of the multistage centrifugal pump were investigated experimentally, taking account of the interactions among the diffuser vane, the return vane, and the next stage impeller. It is very important to match well the diffuser vane with the return vane, for improving the hydraulic efficiency of the pump. The efficiency may be more improved by making the cross-sectional area of the channel from the diffuser vane outlet to the return vane inlet larger, as much as possible.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집E
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• pp.655-660
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• 2001

The performance test of a centrifugal compressor for APU(Auxiliary Power Unit) which is developed by the collaborative research of KARI and Samsung TechWin has been conducted. The investigated compressor consists of a curved inlet, a centrifugal impeller, a channel diffuser and a plenum chamber. The experiments were carried out in an open-loop centrifugal compressor test rig driven by a turbine. For three different diffusers, overall performance data were obtained at 80%, 90% and 97% of design speed. For the initially designed wedge-type diffuser, test results showed that the compressor was operated at a higher mass flow rate than the design requirement. By reducing the diffuser throat area, the compressor operating range was shifted to lower mass flow rate range. The test result of redesigned wedge-type diffuser showed high pressure loss. To reduce the diffuser loss, diffuser inlet radius was increased and airfoil-type of diffuser was adopted. This airfoil-type diffuser showed reasonal results in terms of design requirement.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.727-736
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 복합화력 화력 발전소용 고압 다단펌프의 레이디얼 디퓨저 형상에 따른 펌프의 성능(양정, 효율)변화를 수치 해석적으로 분석하였다. 레이디얼 디퓨저 설계 변수는 크게 디퓨저 베인수, 디퓨저 외경비($D_4/D_3$), 리턴채널 출구각도(${\alpha}_6$), 압력회복계수($C_p$) 등으로 선정하였다. 수치해석 결과 디퓨저 외경비가 큰 경우 양정 및 효율이 가장 크게 예측되었으며, 리턴채널의 출구각도(${\alpha}_6$)가 60도인 경우 디퓨저 출구에서의 Pre-Swirl로 인해 출구각도가 90도인 것에 비해 양정이 저하되는 것을 알 수 있다.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2001년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.63-68
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• 2001

A numerical analysis to predict the flow characteristics in turbo fan for vacuum cleaner has been performed by using CFD. The rotating reference frame method is applied to compute the impeller-diffuser interaction and the characteristics of two models, 460 and 380, are calculated for various rotating speeds and flow rates. The flow in impeller, diffuser and return channel is assumed as steady and compressible. STAR-CD with k- $\epsilon$ turbulence model is used to solve the Navier-Stokes equations. Computed relative velocity, absolute pressure and flow angles are shown and compared with measurement results. The good agreement between the predictions and measurement results confirms the validity of this study.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.2672-2677
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• 2007

An investigation of low Reynolds number flow in nozzles and diffusers which are widely used in the valveless micropump is presented. Flow characteristics in the nozzle and diffuser are explained in view of viscous effect and flow oscillation induced by pumping membrane. These calculation results show that the rectification property of valveless micropump is due to a flow separation in the diffuser and the separation is largely originated from the flow oscillation. Under the assumptions of steady flow velocity profile and flow separation in the diffuser, simplified analytical models are provided to see the dependency of rectification on the micropump geometry. Geometric parameters of channel length, nozzle throat, chamber size, and converging/diverging angle are depicted through the analytical models in low Reynolds number flow, and the prediction and experimental results are compared. This theoretical study can be used to determine the optimum geometry of valveless micropump.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.64-72
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• 1999

CSCM upwind flux difference splitting compressible Navier-Stokes method has been used to predict the transonic flows in a centrifugal compressor diffuser. The modified cyclic. TDMA and the mass flux boundary conditions were used as boundary conditions of the diffuser analysis. Broad flow separation on the suction surface near the hub and shroud was observed from the results of the mass flow rates 5.8, 6.0 and 6.2kg/s at 27000 rpm. The three-dimensional flow analysis predicted successfully that the static pressure increased and the total pressure decreased through the flow passage of the channel diffuser when compared to two-dimensional analysis due to the strong effect of the three-dimensional flow. The mass averaged loss coefficients and pressure coefficients were also studied.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 1998년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.217-222
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• 1998

CSCM upwind flux difference splitting compressible Navier-Stokes method has been used to predict the transonic flows in centrifugal compressor diffuser. The modified cyclic TDMA and the mass flux boundary conditions were used as boundary conditions of the diffuser analysis. With the mass flux boundary condition and the $130{\times}80{\times}40$ grid, the compressible upwind Navier-Stokes method predicted the transonic diffuser flowfield successfully. Plow changes in the impeller exit region due to the strong interaction between impeller exit and vaned diffuser, broad flow separation on the suction surface near hub and shroud was observed from the results of the mass flow rates 6.0 and 6.2kg/s at 27000 rpm. The static pressure increased and the total pressure decreased through the flow passage of the channel diffuser, which were predicted better from the three-dimensional analysis than from the two-dimensional analysis due to the strong effect of the three-dimensional flow. The mass averaged loss coefficients and pressure coefficients were also studied.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2008

An examination of the condition of the flow leaving the impeller exit kinetic energy often accounts for 30-50% of the shaft work input to the compressor stage, and for energy efficiency it is important to recover as much of this as possible. This is the function of the diffuser which follows the impeller. The purpose of this study is to investigate the sensitivity of how compressor performances changes as vaned diffuser geometry is varied. Three kinds of vaned diffusers were studied and its results were compared. First vaned diffuser type is based on NACA airfoil and second is channel diffuser and third is conformal transformation of NACA65(4A10)06 airfoil. Mean-line prediction method was applied to investigate the performance and stability for three kinds of diffusers. And CFD analyses have been done for comparison and detailed interior flow pattern study. NACA65(4A10)06 airfoil showed the widest operating range and higher pressure characteristics than the others.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.193-197
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• 2010

로켓엔진 고공 환경 모사용 디퓨져에는 연소가스의 고열로부터 디퓨져를 보호하기 위해 물을 이용한 냉각시스템이 사용되며 냉각수의 유량 및 압력은 냉각 채널 내부에서 냉각수의 비등이 발생하지 않도록 결정된다. 따라서 냉각수 유량의 변화에 따른 냉각 채널 벽면의 최고온도 예측은 냉각시스템의 운용 압력을 결정하는데 주요한 변수가 된다. 본 연구에서는 열평형 이론에 근거하여 유량 변화에 따른 채널 벽면의 최고온도를 예측하는 방법을 기술하였다.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2008

A large majority of clearwell must be modified with maintaining the present baffles since they were underground built with the material like concrete. Therefore it is unreasonable to apply the previous research in clearwell modification which is studied with the assumption that distance between baffles is constant. In this study, internal short-circuiting estimation method (ISEM), which has the advantage of being applied at any condition, is applied to evaluate modification of A clearwell and modify B and C clerwell which have unusual characteristics. After analyzing the hydraulic efficiency at current state, modifications, where baffles, intra basins and diffuser walls are additionally installed, are considered and evaluate using ISEM. And the effect of intra basin and diffuser wall on $T_{10}/T$ is estimated and application feasibility of ISEM is evaluated. The improvement of intra basins is almost same with that of baffles. Also, short-circuiting in effluent zone can be reduced with the same level of channel zone if intra basin is added in effluent zone. However, effect range is restricted to the next channel zone. Diffuser wall can obtain the lower ISI than minimum ISI of cases where baffles and intra basins are installed. Therefore, additional improvement of $T_{10}/T$ value can be expected after $T_{10}/T$ value converges maximum only using baffles