Seminar 26 -- Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics to HVAC&R Compressor Design

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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been a modeling tool available to engineers for more than 40 years. In recent time computational hardware and commercially available codes has moved CFD from a research tool to a design tool. In addition engineers are continually taking on more complex problems. CFD provides insights that are not possible to obtain through testing or other types of models. This session provides examples of how CFD is used in the design process to improve compressor performance and reliability.

1. Modified Cut-Cell Method Applied to CFD Simulations of Positive Displacement Compressors< /br>Davide Ziviani, Ph.D., Member, Center for High Performance Buildings, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2. Effects of Liquid Carryover on the Performance of a Centrifugal Compressor < /br>Chaitanya Halbe, Ph.D., Carrier Global Corporation, Bloomfield, CT
3. Application of 3D CFD to a Scroll Compressor with Vapor Injection< /br>Joe Ziolkowski, Trane Technologies, La Crosse, WI