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One-Dimensional Radial Flow Turbomachinery Performance Modeling, Robert John Pelton
One-Dimensional Radial Flow Turbomachinery Performance Modeling, Robert John Pelton
Theses and Dissertations
The Two-Element In Series (TEIS) and Two-Zone models have been used successfully for over twenty years to model test data for radial flow compressors and pumps. The models can also be used to predict the performance of new machines provided that the model inputs can be accurately specified. Unfortunately, use of the TEIS and Two-Zone models as a predictive tool has been limited because an accurate and broadly applicable method of predicting the modeling parameters, etaA, etaB, chi and d2p does not exist. Empirical models have been developed to predict the TEIS and Two-Zone modeling parameters based on a large …