Design System Development for a Fuel Cell Centrifugal Compressor

Cheng Xu; Lei Chen; Ryoichi Amano

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Design System Development for a Fuel Cell Centrifugal Compressor

Cheng Xu, Lei Chen, Ryoichi Amano

Published in International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 4)

Received: 22 September 2019 Accepted: 22 October 2019 Published: 5 November 2019

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Abstract

Centrifugal compressors have been used in many areas of the machinery. The centrifugal compressor design is very complex, and a unique design system needs to be developed. A centrifugal compressor design system should be easy to use in interface and also flexible for inputs and outputs. The design tool also needs to be able to predicate the compressor performance in a fairly accurate level. In this study, a centrifugal compressor design system which was developed in the past is further improved and developed. Current design system includes initial parameter studies, meanline analysis, throughflow calculation, impeller design, diffusser design, volute design, and structure analysis. The main improvements of the design system are adding the interface to allow users easy to use, adding the input and output capabilities and modifying few correlations. Current design system can predict the blade loading and compressor performance better compared with original design system. A fuel cell low flow and low specific speed centrifugal compressor is designed by using current design system and the prototype compressor is built. The compressor performance tests were conducted. The experimental results are compared with numerical analysis. The experiments are in good agreements with calculations. The results demonstrate that the centrifugal compressor design is successful and the design system can be used for the future centrifugal compressor designs.

Published in	International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences (Volume 5, Issue 4) This article belongs to the Special Issue Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences in Turbomachines
DOI	10.11648/j.ijfmts.20190504.12
Page(s)	96-101
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Keywords

Turbomachinery Designs, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Centrifugal Compressors, Low Flow and Low Specific Speed Compressors

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Cheng Xu, Lei Chen, Ryoichi Amano. (2019). Design System Development for a Fuel Cell Centrifugal Compressor. International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences, 5(4), 96-101. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijfmts.20190504.12

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Cheng Xu; Lei Chen; Ryoichi Amano. Design System Development for a Fuel Cell Centrifugal Compressor. Int. J. Fluid Mech. Therm. Sci. 2019, 5(4), 96-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20190504.12

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Cheng Xu, Lei Chen, Ryoichi Amano. Design System Development for a Fuel Cell Centrifugal Compressor. Int J Fluid Mech Therm Sci. 2019;5(4):96-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20190504.12

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Cheng Xu

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA
Lei Chen

Department of Architecture, University of South China, Hengyang, P. R. China
Ryoichi Amano

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA

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Cheng Xu; Lei Chen; Ryoichi Amano. Design System Development for a Fuel Cell Centrifugal Compressor. Int. J. Fluid Mech. Therm. Sci. 2019, 5(4), 96-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20190504.12

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Cheng Xu, Lei Chen, Ryoichi Amano. Design System Development for a Fuel Cell Centrifugal Compressor. Int J Fluid Mech Therm Sci. 2019;5(4):96-101. doi: 10.11648/j.ijfmts.20190504.12

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  title = {Design System Development for a Fuel Cell Centrifugal Compressor},
  journal = {International Journal of Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Sciences},
  volume = {5},
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  abstract = {Centrifugal compressors have been used in many areas of the machinery. The centrifugal compressor design is very complex, and a unique design system needs to be developed. A centrifugal compressor design system should be easy to use in interface and also flexible for inputs and outputs. The design tool also needs to be able to predicate the compressor performance in a fairly accurate level. In this study, a centrifugal compressor design system which was developed in the past is further improved and developed. Current design system includes initial parameter studies, meanline analysis, throughflow calculation, impeller design, diffusser design, volute design, and structure analysis. The main improvements of the design system are adding the interface to allow users easy to use, adding the input and output capabilities and modifying few correlations. Current design system can predict the blade loading and compressor performance better compared with original design system. A fuel cell low flow and low specific speed centrifugal compressor is designed by using current design system and the prototype compressor is built. The compressor performance tests were conducted. The experimental results are compared with numerical analysis. The experiments are in good agreements with calculations. The results demonstrate that the centrifugal compressor design is successful and the design system can be used for the future centrifugal compressor designs.},
 year = {2019}
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