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Axial Compressor Sheet

This document contains 9 problems related to axial compressors and fans. The problems involve determining flow coefficients, blade loading factors, velocity diagrams, work done, temperatures, pressures, mass flow rates, and degrees of reaction at various stages and sections of axial compressors and fans based on given inlet and outlet conditions.

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Axial Compressor Sheet

This document contains 9 problems related to axial compressors and fans. The problems involve determining flow coefficients, blade loading factors, velocity diagrams, work done, temperatures, pressures, mass flow rates, and degrees of reaction at various stages and sections of axial compressors and fans based on given inlet and outlet conditions.

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Axial compressor sheet

1- A normal compressor stage is designed for an inlet flow angle 𝛼1 = = 15.8°, reaction R = 0.63, and the flow coefficient 𝜙 =
0.6. (a) Find the blade-loading factor, (b) Determine the inlet and exit flow angles of the relative velocity to the rotor and the
inlet flow angle to the stator.

2- The inlet and exit total pressures of air flowing through a compressor are 100 and 1000 kPa. The inlet total temperature is
281 K. What is the work of compression if the adiabatic total-to-total efficiency is 0.75?

3- Air flows through an axial fan rotor at mean radius of 15 cm. The tangential component of the absolute velocity is increased
by 15 m/s through the rotor. The rotational speed of the shaft is 3000 rpm. (a) Evaluate the torque exerted on the air by the
rotor, assuming that the flow rate is 0.471 m3/s and the pressure and temperature of the air are 100 kPa and 300 K. (b) What
is the rate of energy transfer to the air?

4- The blade speed of a compressor rotor is U = 280 m/s, and the total enthalpy change across a normal stage is 31.6kJ/kg. If the
flow coefficient 𝜙 = 0.5 and the inlet to the rotor is axial, what are the absolute and relative gas angles leaving the rotor?

5- Air flows through an axial-flow fan, with an axial velocity of 40 m/s. The absolute velocities at the inlet and the outlet of the
stator are at angles of 60° and 30°, respectively. The relative velocity at the outlet of the rotor is at an angle —25°. Assume
reversible adiabatic flow and a normal stage, for low velocities, assume 𝜌1 = 𝜌01 (a) Draw the velocity diagrams at the inlet
and outlet of the rotor, (b) Determine the flow coefficient, (c) Determine the blade-loading coefficient. (d) Determine at what
angle the relative velocity enters the rotor, (e) Determine the degree of reaction.

6- Air flows through an axial-flow compressor. The axial velocity is 60% of the blade speed at the mean radius. The reaction
ratio is 0.4. The absolute velocity enters the stator at an angle of 55° from the axial direction. Assume a normal stage, (a)
Draw the velocity diagrams at the inlet and outlet of the rotor, (b) Determine the flow coefficient, (c) Determine the blade-
loading coefficient, (d) Determine at what angle the relative velocity enters the rotor, (e) Determine at what angle the relative
velocity leaves the rotor, (f) Determine at what angle the absolute velocity leaves the stator.

7- For a single stage of a multistage axial compressor, the angle at which the absolute velocity enters the rotor is 𝛼1 = 35°, and
the relative velocity makes an angle of 𝛽1 = -60°. The corresponding angles at the inlet to the stator are 𝛼2 = 60° and 𝛽2 = —
35°. The stage is normal, and the axial velocity is constant through the compressor. (a) Draw the velocity triangles, (b) If the
blade speed is U = 290 m/s, what is the axial velocity? (c) Find the work done per unit mass flow for a stage and the increase
in stagnation temperature across it. (d) The stagnation temperature at the inlet is 300 K. The overall adiabatic efficiency of
the compressor is 𝜂𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟 = 0.9, and the overall stagnation pressure ratio is 17.5. Determine the number of stages in the
compressor.

8- The blade speed of a rotor of an axial air compressor is U = 150 m/s. The axial velocity is constant and equal to Ca = 75 m/s.
The tangential component of the relative velocity leaving the rotor is Wu2 = 30 m/s; the tangential component of the absolute
velocity entering the rotor is Cu1 = 55 m/s. The stagnation temperature and pressure at the inlet to the rotor are 340 K and
185 kPa. The stage efficiency is 0.9, and one-half of the loss in stagnation pressure takes place through the rotor, (a) Draw the
velocity diagrams at the inlet and exit of the rotor, (b) Find the work done per unit mass flow through the compressor, (c)
Draw the states in an hs diagram. Find the (d) stagnation and static temperatures between rotor and stator, and (e) stagnation
pressure between rotor and stator.

9- Air from ambient at 101.325 kPa and temperature 20°C enters into a blower axially with the velocity 61 m/s. The blade tip
radius is 60 cm, and the hub radius is is 42 cm. The shaft speed is 1800 rpm. The air enters a stage axially and leaves it
axially at the same speed. The rotor turns the relative velocity 18.7° toward the direction of the blade movement. The total-to-
total stage efficiency is 0.87. (a) Draw the inlet and exit velocity diagrams for the rotor, (b) Determine the flow coefficient
and the blade-loading factor, (c) Determine the mass flow rate, (d) What is the specific work required? (e) What is the total
pressure ratio for the stage? (f) Determine the degree of reaction. (g) Determine the degree of reaction at hub section.

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