Axial-fugal Flow Turbo-machines: A New Family Group of Airflow Machines for Specific Industrial Applications
Grant Data
Project Title
Axial-fugal Flow Turbo-machines: A New Family Group of Airflow Machines for Specific Industrial Applications
Principal Investigator
Dr Ip, Ralph Wai Lam
(Project Coordinator)
Duration
12
Start Date
2010-09-01
Amount
126000
Conference Title
Axial-fugal Flow Turbo-machines: A New Family Group of Airflow Machines for Specific Industrial Applications
Presentation Title
Keywords
Axial-fugal Flow Turbo-machines
Discipline
Design
HKU Project Code
InP/205/10
Grant Type
Innovation and Technology Fund Internship Programme
Funding Year
2010
Status
Completed
Objectives
A. To generate an idea for the design of a new turbo-machine family group for specific industrial applications. UICP 6.0 B. To define sets of algorithms for the design of machine impellers and volutes for specific operations requiring high head and large flow. C. To design the aero-mechanical structure of the machines, including the geometrical shape of the impellers and volutes. D. To design and manufacture prototypes to validate the machine performance, characteristics and efficiency. E. To measure the machine output performance and efficiency, and suggest improvement strategies. F. To develop a turn-key software program for potential users to support their use of the developed algorithms for specific airflow system design.