Braembussche R. Design and Analysis of Centrifugal Compres. 2013 torrent

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The growing awareness of the need for energy savings and the increase of efficiency of centrifugal compressors over the last decades has resulted in an increasing field of applications. The compactness, small weight and simplicity of the components allow an efficient replacement of multistage axial compressors by a single stage radial one. The absence of mechanical friction, lower life time cost and high reliability makes centrifugal compressors also superior to reciprocal ones. All this has lead to a revival of centrifugal compressor research. Centrifugal compressors are very different from axial ones and require a specific approach. This book intends to respond to that. Extensive reference is made to the experimental results and analytical flow models that have been developed during the last (pre-computer) century and published in the open literature. This is complemented by the research conducted in the context of the PhD. thesis of Drs. Paul Frigne,George Verdonk, Marios Sideris, Antonios Fatsis, Erkan Ayder, Koen Hillewaert, Alain Demeulenaere, Olivier Léonard, Stephane Pierret, Tom Verstraete, Alberto Di Sante and the research projects of the many Master students that I had the pleasure to supervise