• A mixed flow compressor, or diagonal compressor, combines axial and radial components to produce a diagonal airflow compressor stage. The exit mean radius...
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    axi-centrifugal compressors and mixed-flow compressors where the fluid flow will include a "radial component" through the compressor. The energy level...
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    centrifugal compressor (of the same stage pressure ratio), the value of the speed of the mixed flow compressor is 1.5 times larger. Axial compressors are dynamic...
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    basic categories of gas turbine engine compressor: axial compressor, centrifugal compressor and mixed flow compressor. A fourth, unusual, type is the free-piston...
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  • fluid pressure, temperature, entropy, flow rate etc.) with the compressor operating at different speeds. A compressor increases the pressure of a fluid passing...
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    downstream into the compressor. The flow will pass through the compressors from left to right. The simplest inlet to a centrifugal compressor is typically a...
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    Francis turbine Gas turbine Industrial fans Jet engine Mechanical fan Mixed flow compressor Radial turbine Steam turbine Turbocharger Turboexpander Turbofans...
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    free-turbine turboshaft, with a five-stage axial / one-stage centrifugal mixed-flow compressor, featuring one-piece "blisk" axial stages, with the inlet guide...
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    competing BMW 003 engine, and for Heinkel's more advanced HeS 011 "mixed-flow" compressor design. The first production model of the 004B weighed 100 kg (220 lb)...
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    inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and a turbine (that drives the compressor). The compressed air from the compressor is heated by burning...
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    units have very high efficiency and flow capacity. Centrifugal compressors are dynamic compressors. These compressors raise the pressure of the refrigerant...
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  • A compressor map is a chart which shows the performance of a turbomachinery compressor. This type of compressor is used in gas turbine engines, for supercharging...
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    is used for: Axial turbines Axial compressors Radial turbines Centrifugal compressors Axial fans Blowers Axial-flow pumps Centrifugal Pumps Turbopumps...
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    datum (HP) compressor exit flow function (non-dimensional flow). In practice, changes to the non-dimensional speed of the (HP) compressor and cooling...
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    A scroll compressor (also called spiral compressor, scroll pump and scroll vacuum pump) is a device for compressing air or refrigerant. It is used in...
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  • inverter compressor is a compressor that is operated with an inverter. In the hermetic type, it can either be a scroll or reciprocating compressor. This...
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  • number 382-10) is a bypass turbofan whose fan stage is followed by a mixed-flow compressor, slinger-type combustor, and single-stage turbine. The turbine design...
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    four-stage low-pressure compressor found in the -5B variant. Unlike every other variant of the CFM56, the -5C features a mixed-exhaust nozzle, which offers...
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    An axial-flow pump, or AFP, is a common type of pump that essentially consists of a propeller (an axial impeller) in a pipe. The propeller can be driven...
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    axially and leaves radially, especially when creating suction in a pump or compressor. An impeller is a rotating component of a centrifugal pump that accelerates...
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  • 000 pounds (1,400 kg) Compressor: compound: two-stage compressor (an axial-flow supersonic 1st stage followed by a mixed flow second stage) Combustors:...
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  • which adds a DC inverter to the compressor in order to support variable motor speed and thus variable refrigerant flow rather than simply perform on/off...
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    front fan powered by a single stage turbine, a compressor with a mixed flow first stage (a diagonal compressor) and a centrifugal second stage powered by...
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  • A linear compressor is a gas compressor where the piston moves along a linear track to minimize friction and reduce energy loss during conversion of motion...
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    drag and weight. Air enters the compressor at about half the speed of sound so at flight speeds lower than this the flow will accelerate along the inlet...
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    alternative to regular compressor refrigerators where electricity is unreliable, costly, or unavailable, or where noise from the compressor is problematic; or...
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    Fluid dynamics (redirect from Fluid flow)
    fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including aerodynamics...
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    Jet engine (category Gas compressors)
    an axial-flow turbojet, but was never constructed, as it would have required considerable advances over the state of the art in compressors. Alan Arnold...
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  • and casing. The primary air from the compressor is guided into each individual can, where it is decelerated, mixed with fuel, and then ignited. The secondary...
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    possible. A basic refrigeration cycle consists of four major elements: a compressor, a condenser, a metering device and an evaporator. As a refrigerant passes...
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