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- Title
Effect of swirl flow on the performance of parallel hub axial annular diffuser.
- Authors
Singh, Hardial; Arora, B. B.
- Abstract
In the present work, the parallel hub axial flow annular diffuser's performance characteristics with divergent casing varying between equivalent cone angle (10°, 15°, and 20°) with area ratio 3 have been evaluated computationally as well as experimentally. The performance of three diffusers was tested at different inlet swirl angles (from 0° to 25°) for swirling and nonswirling flow. Simulations have been carried out on a fully developed flow at Reynolds number 2.5×105. The results were analyzed based on the velocity profiles, static pressure recovery coefficient, and the total pressure loss coefficient. The result analysis shows that the inlet swirl flow improves the recovery of pressure and also delays the flow separation on the casing. Moreover, the findings also show that the best performance was achieved in equivalent cone angle 10° at the inlet swirl angle of 7.5° compared to other diffusers.
- Subjects
DIFFUSERS (Fluid dynamics); SWIRLING flow; AXIAL flow; FLOW separation; STATIC pressure; ANNULAR flow; REYNOLDS number
- Publication
Journal of Engineering Research (2307-1877), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 1B, p240
- ISSN
2307-1877
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36909/jer.9631