The direction of flow, also known and prewhirl, has a significant impact on the overall efficiency of the process. Their entire purpose is to manipulate the directions of gas flows in the system before the fluid enters the rotational components of the machine. Guide vanes are a series of axially located flow paths that are inserted into compressors and turbines. 1.2 Project Relevanceĭresser-Rand and companies in the turbomachinery business have considered the implementation of moveable inlet guide vanes (MIGVs) since the mid 20th century. Our design component is to design guide vanes to direct the incoming fluid. The fluid is inserted into the system, and the machine uses centrifugal forces to increase the velocity and pressure of the fluid, which results in a decrease in volume of the inlet fluid.

1.1 Problem StatementĬentrifugal compressors are used to reduce the volume of a liquid in an efficient manner. This project incorporates the effective utilization of engineering design, analysis and communication with an engineering firm to design an adjustable component for large scale centrifugal compressors.

1 As Senior level engineering students, our group has been assigned an industry level design project sponsored through Dresser-Rand, a Siemens Company.

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