Mixed flow compressor
Amixed flow compressor,ordiagonal compressor,combines axial and radial components to produce a diagonal airflow compressor stage.[1][2]The exit mean radius is greater than at the inlet, like a centrifugal design, but the flow tends to exit in an axial rather than radial direction. This eliminates the need for a relatively large diameter exit diffuser associated withcentrifugal compressors.Theimpellercan be machined from solid using NC machines, in much the same way as that of a centrifugal design.
Diagonal compressors were widely experimented during and just afterWorld War II,but did not see much service use. A diagonal-flow compressor is featured since 2001 in thePratt & Whitney Canada PW600seriesturbofanengines used in thePhenom 100,Eclipse 500,Cessna Citation Mustangand othervery light jetaircraft.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Mixed Flow Compressors | Turbomachinery blog".blog.softinway.com.2016-12-08.Retrieved2022-12-18.
- ^Xuanyu, Chen; Xiangwei, Meng; Xingmin, Gui; Donghai, Jin (2015-01-01)."The Aerodynamic Design and Investigation of Loading Distribution of a Mixed Flow Compressor".Procedia Engineering.2014 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology, APISAT2014 September 24-26, 2014 Shanghai, China.99:484–490.doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.12.562.ISSN1877-7058.
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