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Unshrouded centrifugal turbopump impeller design methodology
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Paris, John Stewart, Eric Prueger, George H. Williams, Robert Chen, Wei-Chung Williams, Morgan |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | Turbopump weight continues to be a dominant parameter in the trade space for reduction of engine weight. Space Shuttle Main Engine weight distribution indicates that the turbomachinery make up approximately 30% of the total engine weight. Weight reduction can be achieved through the reduction of envelope of the turbopump. Reduction in envelope relates to an increase in turbopump speed and an increase in impeller head coefficient. Speed can be increased until suction performance limits are achieved on the pump or due to alternate constraints the turbine or bearings limit speed. Once the speed of the turbopump is set the impeller tip speed sets the minimum head coefficient of the machine. To reduce impeller diameter the head coefficient must be increased. A significant limitation with increasing head coefficient is that the slope of the head-flow characteristic is affected and this can limit engine throttling range. Unshrouded impellers offer a design option for increased turbopump speed without increasing the impeller head coefficient. However, there are several issues with regard to using an unshrouded impeller: there is a pump performance penalty due to the front open face recirculation flow, there is a potential pump axial thrust problem from the unbalanced front open face and the back shroud face, and since test data is very limited for this configuration, there is uncertainty in the magnitude and phase of the rotordynamic forces due to the front impeller passage. The purpose of the paper is to discuss the design of an unshrouded impeller and to examine the hydrodynamic performance, axial thrust, and rotordynamic performance. The design methodology will also be discussed. This work will help provide some guidelines for unshrouded impeller design. |
| File Size | 876918 |
| Page Count | 7 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020050419 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9n34sz4q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2001-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Mechanical Engineering Throttling Suction Shrouds Head Flow Flow Characteristics Turbomachinery Rotor Dynamics Turbine Pumps Impellers Weight Reduction Space Shuttle Main Engine Centrifugal Force Circulation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
