Design and Analysis of a Split Deswirl Vane in a Two-Stage Refrigeration Centrifugal Compressor

This study numerically investigated the influence of using the second row of a double-row deswirl vane as the inlet guide vane of the second stage on the performance of the first stage in a two-stage refrigeration centrifugal compressor. The working fluid was R134a, and the turbulence model was the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jeng-Min Huang, Yue-Hann Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-09-01
Series:Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/130925