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The performance of transonic compressors can be characterized aerodynamically and aeroacoustically. In this paper, the DLR SRV2 compressor without vaned diffusers and its redesigned version are studied. The redesign strategy utilized the 3D inverse design and CFD analysis.
Both compressors were analyzed in ANSYS CFX 11, and the computational results show that the predicted pressure-ratio and efficiency of the original compressor have good agreement with experimental results. The simulations have also revealed that the redesigned one is superior at both design and off-design points at different rotating speeds.
In this publication, you will:
- See the methodology to examine the aerodynamic and aeroacoustic performance of a transonic centrifugal compressor and its redesigned version.
- Understand why the employed 3D inverse design methodology has provided a better solution in terms of the aerodynamic and partially aeroacoustic aspects.
- Discover the advantage of using an optimization strategy that couples inverse design method and the current aeroacoustic model to redesign another transonic compressor with vaned diffusers.
