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Achieving target requirements for optimizing a turbodrill turbine for oil and gas that conventional design could not meet with 3D Inverse Design

The customer, a leading manufacturer of high speed rotation apparatus and combustion chambers, asked ADT to carry out the complete aerodynamic redesign of a centrifugal compressor stage using TURBOdesign Suite's inverse design approach.

This two-part paper describes the application and numerical and experimental validation of the 3D Inverse Design method to the design of a centrifugal compressor impeller with splitter blades.

ADT engineers carried out the redesign of an industrial compressor to optimize performance for efficiency, operating range and pressure ratio.

Ebara Shinwa optimized a cooling tower fan, improving efficiency and reducing the noise level, allowing them to revamp their product line

The customer, one of the world’s leading suppliers for HVAC industry, required the design of the compressor for an upgraded range of chillers using a new refrigerant R1234ZE.

ADT is one of ALPHEUS project partner: a €5m project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program. It will improve reversible pump/turbine (RPT) technology and adjacent civil structures needed to make pumped hydro storage economically viable in shallow seas and coastal environments with flat topography.

The client, a world leading manufacturer of air and pressure cleaning systems, asked ADT to design a cooling fan within a very short time frame for an ongoing project. The client provided the desired pressure rise, flow rate and design geometrical constraints.

TURBOdesign1 can be a valuable tool in designing fans. It’s geometrical parameters are reasonable in realising the usual design specifications, with blade loading being an important parameter for aerodynamic and aeroacoustic optimisation.