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17-10-2018
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The Torque of the Impeller is the
multiplication of its radius and the
tangential force.
Tangential
Force
Also from [1] the angular acceleration is
product of the difference between drive and
ω(RPM) compressing torque over the inertia moment
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 In this case the inertia moment is

And the relation of the driving power to

torque is
Tangential
Force
If the power input efficiency is not ideal
then the efficiency is multiplied by the P.
ω(RPM)
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 In this case the inertia moment is

And the relation of the driving power to

torque is
Tangential
Force
If the power input efficiency is not ideal
then the efficiency is multiplied by the P.
ω(RPM)
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 The work done by the impeller is:

And the kinetic energy is (note the moment

of inertia is denoted by I);
Tangential
Force

The centrifugal compressor is changing the

ω(RPM) Kinetic Energy to Static Pressure.
Accelerating the fluid and adding the
pressure.
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Assuming the work transferred from the impeller is Ideal
then the energy transferred into the fluid is

From the previous literature study, the axial force will be

the pressure force.
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The torque of rotational motion will be related to the radial
load unbalance if the mass is not uniformly distributed (as
shown with the orange line).

While in the axial direction itself the relation between torque

and axial load not yet found.
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Angular Velocity The torque influence indirectly to the pressure by increasing its
kinetic energy.
Tangential
Torque
To find the non uniform force the pressure load have to be found,
Accelerating the
Fluid
The load is different with different compressor structural
Kinetic Energy
geometry.
increase

Convert to static
The previous paper use CFD to calculate the pressure force, with
pressure
different RPM.
Pressure
Difference
From the graph using the slope equation is found.
Non Uniform

The equation can be applied to the simulation.

pressure force
(axial and radial
force)
 REFERENCES
• [1] Jiang Wei, Khan Jamil, Dougal R. 2005. Dynamic Centrifugal Compressor Model for
System Simulation
• NPTEL Course Module “Centrifugal Compressor”