AN AERODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR FOR HCFC123.

Summary

A R11 COMPRESSOR APPLYING R123 SHOWS A LOWERED ADIABATIC HEAD RISE, EFFICIENCY, AND VOLUME FLOW. ANOTHER R11 COMPRESSOR WITH R123 AND A MODIFIED IMPELLER SHOWS A RESULT COMPARABLE TO THE R11 COMPRESSION CASE. A TANDEM IMPELLER IS DESIGNED TO COVER THE VOLUME FLOW INCREASE FOR R123. THE PERFORMANCE OF THIS IMPELLER IS SUFFICIENT TO ABSORB THE VOLUME FLOW INCREASE AND ADDIONALLY SOME EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT IS OBTAINED.

Details

  • Original title: AN AERODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR FOR HCFC123.
  • Record ID : 1991-1096
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1990/07/17
  • Source: Source: USNC-IIR/Proc. 1990 Refrig. Conf., Purdue Univ./ASHRAE, Purdue CFC Conf./Purdue Univ., Ray W. Herrick Lab., Sch. mech. Eng.
    414-422; 12 fig.; 4 tabl.; 3 ref.
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