The Influence of Tabs on Different Area Ratio Short Annular Diffusers
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Square tabs were placed on the base of an ellipsoidal centre body in annular diffusers with length to inlet height of 12. Tests were completed with an inlet Reynolds number of 1 × 105, swirl number of 0.71, and inlet flow blockage of 0.02–0.04. Four outer walls were manufactured with area ratios of 1.61, 1.91, 2.73, and 6.18. The tabs with a projected height equivalent to the boundary layer thickness were effective at reducing the outlet distortion but at a pressure penalty for the three smaller diffusers. The largest diffuser improved back pressure coefficient 4.6% with four tabs providing a blockage of 4.7% over its bare diffuser but was 42% lower than that obtained by the AR = 2.73 diffuser with no tabs.
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