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Chapter 2 - Losses of Turbo Machinery
Chapter 2 - Losses of Turbo Machinery
Recirculation Losses
Recirculation
• The surface of the rotor which does not form the main flow
passage is surrounded by a fluid medium
• While the rotor rotates, a friction is generated between this
rotor surface and its surrounding fluid medium. The needed
power to overcome this friction can be written as:
N r VZ r
Ni V
Yi 1 Yblade Z r Z a
V V
• The change of the specific energy of the flow and the rotor is
shown in the following sankey diagram.
N N i N m V V Yblade N r N a N m
Fluid in