Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Surge Extension on a Centrifugal Compressor with Vaned Diffuser Using Steam Injection

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijrm/volume-2017/9159516/figures/9159516.fig.0017a.svgz" name="9159516.fig.0017a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>0 (hub)–0.8 span averaged flow angle</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijrm/volume-2017/9159516/figures/9159516.fig.0017b.svgz" name="9159516.fig.0017b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>0.8–1 (shroud) span averaged flow angle</td></tr></table>

<div>Flow angle at diffuser inlet of different span ranges.</div>

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Figure 17: Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Surge Extension on a Centrifugal Compressor with Vaned Diffuser Using Steam Injection 