Despite the generally accepted notion that geometric variability is undesirable in turbomachinery airfoils, little is known in detail about its impact on aerothermal compressor performance. In this work, statistical and probabilistic techniques were used to assess the impact of geometric and operating condition uncertainty on axial compressor performance. High-fidelity models of geometric varia...

This paper deals with generalized approach to the reciprocating piston compressor driven by oscillating electrical motor and possibilities of development of new structures of the device. The current term linear compressor, ipso facto, restricts the considered devices only with a linear motion of the piston. Therefore the more general term oscillating motor-compressors is used in the paper, in w...

Corner separation is known to limit the operability of aeronautical compressors. Dedicated control devices such as guide fins are envisioned reduce its negative effects. This paper presents a methodology based on RANS (Reynolds- Averaged Navier-Stokes) computations enabling select efficient for that purpose. applied reference case linear compressor cascade operating at low Mach number (~0.11). ...

natural gas is often associated with nitrogen and heavy compounds. the heavy components in the natural gas not only can feed downstream units, owing to the low temperature process may be formed solid as well. therefore, heavy components separation can be a necessity and produce useful products. virtually, all natural gases are containing nitrogen ​​that would lower the heating value of natural ...

An unsteady nonlinear and extended version of the Moore-Greitzer model is developed to facilitate the synthesis of a quasilinear stall vibration controller. The controller is synthesised in two steps. The first step defines the equilibrium point and ensures that the desired equilibrium point is stable. In the second step, the margin of stability at the equilibrium point is tuned or increased by...

Motivated by the high speed of real-time data acquisition, computational power, and low cost of generic PCs and embedded-PCs running Linux, this thesis addresses new methods and approaches to fault detection, model identification, and control. Fault detection. A series of faults was introduced into a 3-Ton roof-top airconditioning unit (RTU). Supply and condenser fan imbalance were detected by ...

BACKGROUND Arformoterol, the (R,R) isomer of formoterol, is approved as an inhalation solution for the treatment of bronchoconstriction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Multiple nebulizer systems are commercially available. Different nebulizers can differ significantly in drug output, which may impact drug delivery and clinical efficacy. This study compared the aerosol pr...

In this paper, a transonic compressor cascade was optimized to improve its aerodynamic performance. A new blade parameterization method with 16 control variables first proposed fit the shapes of suction and pressure side, as well leading edge. Then, Kriging surrogate-model-based genetic algorithm (GA) used optimize performance cascade. The optimization is effective in reducing total loss while ...