Centrifugal Compressor

Benha University Subject: Turbo Machinery B
Faculty of Engineering- Shoubra Year: fourth Mech. Power

Mech. Power Department 2015/2016
Sheet No (3)
In the entire problem below, the following properties for air may be assumed:
Ratio of specific heats, k = 1.4
Specific heat of air at constant pressure, Cp = 1005 J/kg K
Gas constant, R = 287 J/kg K
Assume a power input factor of 1 unless otherwise stated.
1. A single centrifugal compressor draws air from the atmosphere having ambient total
conditions 100 kPa and 15 oC. The hub diameter is 0.13 m and the tip diameter is 0.3 m.
If the mass flow into the eye of the compressor is 8 kg/s and the speed is 16200 rpm,
calculate the blade inlet angle at the root and tip of the eye and the Mach number at the
tip eye. Assume zero whirls at inlet and no losses in the intake duct.
2. A motor rated at 580 kW is available to drive a centrifugal compressor of 480 mm outer

diameter at a speed of 20 000 rpm. At impeller outlet blade angle is 26.5 o measured from
the radial direction and the flow velocity (radial component) at exit from the impeller is
122 m/s. If a mechanical efficiency of 95 percent is assumed, what air flow is to be
expected? Assume there is no slip. What are the eye tip and hub diameter diameters if a
radius ratio of 0.3 is chosen for the impeller eye and if the velocity at inlet is 95 m/s with
zero whirls? What will be the overall total-to-total isentropic efficiency if an overall
pressure ratio of 5.5 is required? Assume that the flow to inlet is incompressible and
ambient air total conditions are 101.3 kPa and 288 K.
3. A centrifugal compressor compresses air at ambient total conditions 100 kPa and 15 oC.
The impeller runs at a tip speed of 365 m/s, the radial velocity at exit from the impeller is
30 m/s and the slip factor is 0.9. Calculate the Mach number of the flow at the impeller
tip. If the impeller total-to-total efficiency is 90 percent and the flow area from the
impeller is 0.093 m2, calculate the mass flow rate of air. Assume zero whirls at inlet, and
radial blades.
4. A centrifugal compressor impeller has 17 radial vanes of tip diameter 165 mm, It rotates
at 46 000 rpm and the air mass flow rate is 0.6 kg/s with no whirl at inlet. Calculate the
theoretical power transferred to the air. At inlet to the impeller, the mean diameter of the
eye is 63.5 mm while the annulus height at the eye is 25 mm. The static pressure and
temperature at the impeller inlet are 93 kPa and 293 K respectively. Determine:
a- The blade angle at the mean diameter at impeller inlet.
b- The stagnation temperature at impeller exit and
c- The stagnations pressure at impeller exit if the total-to-
total efficiency of the impeller is 90 percent.
5. A compressor operating at a pressure ratio of 3.8 and a speed of 12 000 rpm delivers 8
kg/s of air. The slip factor is assumed to be 0.92, the power factor 1.04, and the overall
isentropic efficiency 0.82. Calculate the impeller outlet diameter. Assume zero whirls.
The Mach number of the air leaving the impeller vanes is to be unity so as that no shocks
occur. If the losses in the impeller and the diffuser are the same, what must be the axial
depth of the impeller? At inlet po1 = 101.3 kPa and To1 = 288 K.
6. A centrifugal compressor has the following design data:

Mass flow=15 kg/s, Speed=16 000 rpm, Inlet total temperature = 288 K, Inlet total
pressure = 101 kPa, Impeller isentropic efficiency=0.9, Axial depth of impeller= 37 mm
Slip factor=0.9, Power input factor= 1.04
Impeller outlet diameter =0.55 m
a- Assuming no pre-whirl at the inlet, what are the stagnation conditions at the impeller
outlet?
b- Calculates the radial velocity at the impeller outlet and calculate the Mach number and
air angle at the impeller outlet.
7. The stagnation pressure and temperature at inlet of a centrifugal compressor are 101 kPa
and 290 K respectively. The impeller has 19 radial vanes and no inlet guide vanes. The
following data apply;
Mass flow 2 kg/s
Impeller tip speed 525 m/s
Mechanical efficiency 96 percent
Absolute air velocity at diffuser exit 95 m/s
Compressor total-to-total efficiency 0.81
Absolute velocity at impeller entry 160 m/s
Diffuser efficiency 0.83
Axial depth of impeller 6 mm
Power input factor 1.04
i- Determine the shaft power.
ii- Calculate the total and static pressure at diffuser outlet.
iii- If the reaction ratio is 0.5, find the radial velocity, absolute Mach number and total
& static pressures at the impeller exit.
iv- Determine the impeller total-to-total efficiency.
v- Determine the impeller speed.

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Benha University Subject: Turbo Machinery B

Faculty of Engineering- Shoubra Year: fourth Mech. Power

2. A motor rated at 580 kW is available to drive a centrifugal compressor of 480 mm outer

6. A centrifugal compressor has the following design data:

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