Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The paper describes the design, development, and test of a laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV) to map the velocity fields in a small, high speed, 8:1 pressure ratio, 0.91 kg/s (2 lbm/s), centrifugal compressor. This instrument is being used as a diagnostic tool for the study of the basic fluid dynamics of the inducer, impeller and the diffuser regions of high pressure ratio, small, centrifugal compressors. The LDV instrumentation has been optimized to permit the measurement of instantaneous velocities up to approximately 500 m/s, measured in absolute coordinates, within a rotating compressor impeller. Velocities of the same magnitude can also be measured in the two-dimensional radial plane of the diffuser. It is shown that LDV can make nondisturbing gas velocity measurements and surmount the difficulties found in applying other types of aerodynamic instrumentation to this measurement problem.
Keywords:
INSTRUMENTATION AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Type:
The accuracy of flow measurements by laser Doppler methods; Aug 25, 1975 - Aug 28, 1975; Copenhagen; Denmark
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