possible efficiency improvement

Red Ember · November 9, 2016, 01:52

Hi to all!

I'd like to improve turbomachine blades design, e.g. axial compressor to get efficiency higher.
How can I estimate such possibility before cfx calculations and using design explorer? Any relatively simple approximate treatment?

ghorrocks · November 9, 2016, 05:46

It sounds like you need to do some reading on turbomachinery design so you can understand the maximum possible efficiencies and other parameters for a blade design.

A textbook like "Fluid Mechanics and the Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery" by Dixon is what you are looking for.

November 9, 2016, 01:52	possible efficiency improvement	#1
Red Ember Member Alex Join Date: Feb 2016 Posts: 81 Rep Power: 10	Hi to all! I'd like to improve turbomachine blades design, e.g. axial compressor to get efficiency higher. How can I estimate such possibility before cfx calculations and using design explorer? Any relatively simple approximate treatment?

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November 9, 2016, 05:46		#2
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,872 Rep Power: 144	It sounds like you need to do some reading on turbomachinery design so you can understand the maximum possible efficiencies and other parameters for a blade design. A textbook like "Fluid Mechanics and the Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery" by Dixon is what you are looking for.