DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGHINERING INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT ON FLUID MACHINES (CENTRIFUGALCOMPRESSOR)

Prepared by Dr.S.S.Mohapatra S.Samantray S.P.Rout A.K.Pujari B.Pattanayak S.Rout

A centrifugal compressor running at 9000 r.p.m. delivers 600 m3/min of free air. The air is compressed from 1 bar and 200C to a pressure ratio of 4 with an isentropic efficiency of 0.82. Blades are radial at outlet of impeller and the flow velocity of 62 m/s may be assumed throughout constant. The outer radius of the impeller is twice the inner and the slip factor may be assumed as 0.9. The blade area co-efficient may be assumed as 0.9 at the inlet. Calculate : Final temperature of air. Theoretical power. Impeller diameters at inlet and outlet. Breadth of the impeller at inlet Impeller blade angle at inlet. Diffuse blade angle at inlet. Determine the pressure ratio developed and the specific work input to drive a centrifugal air compressor of an impeller diameter of 0.5 m and running at 7000 r.p.m. Assume zero whirl at the entry and T1t = 290 K. The slip factor and power input factor to be unity, the process of compression is isentropic and for air Cp = 1005j/kg k, = 1.4. Air at a temperature of 290 K flows in a centrifugal compressor running at 20000 r.p.m. The other data is given as follows: slip factor = 0.80 ; Isentropic total head efficiency = 0.75 ; Outer diameter of blade tip = 500 mm. Determine : The temperature rise of air passing through the compressor The static pressure ratio. Air at a stagnation temperature of 270C enter the impeller of a centrifugal compressor in the axial direction. The rotor which has 15 radial vanes rotates at 2000 RPM. The stagnation pressure ratio between diffuser outlet & impeller inlet is 4 & isentropic efficiency is 85%. Determine (a) the impeller tip radius and (b) power input to the compressor when mass flow rate is 2 kg/s. Assume power input factor 1.05 and a slip 2 factor = 1 , where n is number of vanes. For air, take = 1.4, R = 287 J/kgK n A centrifugal compressor has an impeller tip speed of 360 m/s. Determine (a) the absolute Mach number of flow leaving the radial vanes of the impeller and (b) the mass flow rate. The following data are given Impeller tip speed 360 m/s Radial component of floe velocity at impeller exit 30 m/s Slip factor 0.9 Flow area at impeller exit 0.1 m2 Power input factor 1.0 Isentropic efficiency 0.9 Inlet stagnation temperature 300K Inlet stagnation pressure 100 kN/m2 Rair 287 J/kgK air 1.4

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGHINERING INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT ON FLUID MACHINES (CENTRIFUGALCOMPRESSOR)

Prepared by Dr.S.S.Mohapatra S.Samantray S.P.Rout A.K.Pujari B.Pattanayak S.Rout

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A single sided centrifugal compressor is to deliver 14 kg/s of air when operating at a pressure ratio of 4:1 and a speed of 200 rev/s. the inlet stagnation conditions are 288 K and 1.0 bar. The slip factor and power input factor may be taken as 0.9 and 1.04 respectively. The overall isentropic efficiency is 0.8. Determine the overall diameter of the impeller. A centrifugal compressor develops a pressure ratio of 4:1. The inlet eye of the compressor impeller is 0.3 m in diameter. The axial velocity at inlet is 120 m/s and the mass flow rate is 10 kg/s. The velocity in the delivery duct is 110 m/s. the tip speed of the impeller is 450 m/s and runs at 16,000 rpm with a total head isentropic efficiency 80%. The inlet stagnation pressure and temperature are 101 kN/m2 and 300 k. Calculate (a) the static temperatures and pressure at inlet and outlet of the compressor, (b) the static pressure ratio developed, (c) the power required to drive the compressor.