This paper focuses on the conceptual design of a two spool compressor for the NASA Large Civil Tilt Rotor engine, which has a design-point pressure ratio goal of 30:1 and an inlet weight flow of 30.0 lbm/sec. The compressor notional design requirements of pressure ratio and low-pressure compressor (LPC) and high pressure ratio compressor (HPC) work split were based on a previous engine system s...

Fuel cell technology is continuously gaining ground in E-mobility applications. cells require a constant supply of pressurized air, for which high-speed turbo compressors with air bearings are an optimal choice to reduce size, guarantee oil-free operation required the lifetime fuel cell, and increase efficiency. However, inverter driving electric motor compressor does not scale down increasing ...

This paper presents the results of performance testing of a single-stage centrifugal compressor operating under wet gas conditions. The test was performed at an oil and gas operator’s test facility and was executed at full-load and full-pressure conditions using a mixture of hydrocarbon gas and hydrocarbon condensate. The effect of liquid was investigated by changing the gas-volume fraction bet...

This paper presents some of the results from a Master’s thesis research into the performance and operation of a centrifugal compressor at off-design operating conditions using advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques. ANSYS CFX is the CFD solver used in this blind study to evaluate the ability of modern CFD software to predict the performance of centrifugal compressors operating a...

Component and subsystem models used to evaluate the performance of a low-lift cooling system are described. An air-cooled chiller, a hydronic radiant distribution system, variable-speed control, and peak-shifting controls are modeled. A variable-speed compressor that operates over 20:1 speed range and pressure ratios ranging from one to six is at the heart of the chiller. Condenser fan and chil...

The use of variable-speed compressors in heat pumps and air conditioners has increased in recent years in order to improve comfort and energy efficiency. At the same time, there is a trend towards embedding more sensors in this type of equipment to facilitate real-time energy monitoring and diagnostics. Although compressor mass flow rate and power consumption are useful indices for performance ...

In this paper, the bond strength of thermal spray coatings in high speed shafts has been studied. The metallurgical and mechanical studies has been made on the coated samples and shaft using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Keywords—Thermal spray, Residual stress, Wear mechanism, HVOF, Gas compressor shafts

A steady-state model for a centralized cooling system is developed to enable proper provisioning of cooling resources in capital intensive projects such as data centers. The model resolves the energy equations for a cooling tower and a centralized water-cooled chiller simultaneously. It requires inputs that are readily available to the design engineer. The user inputs are the ambient conditions...

An air-conditioner driven by two compressors with different capacity was developed to improve energy efficiency by use high efficiency components and load matching. An algorithm for driving the two-compressor system was devised for optimum capacity modulation, and seasonal energy efficiency increased by 22%, when compared with that of a conventional air-conditioner of the same rated cooling cap...

This investigation presents an active stability control system on a twin-spool turbofan engine to recover from unstable operating conditions or to avoid them. Therefor air injection in the tip region ahead of the first low pressure compressor (LPC) rotor is used to damp any instabilities and their precursors. A high frequency instrumentation is applied to detect the flow disturbances and to fee...