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Design Considerations for Turbo Expander Supersonic Turbines with Liquid to Gas-Liquid Flow Transition

Design Considerations for Turbo Expander Supersonic Turbines with Liquid to Gas-Liquid Flow Transition

By Oleg Dubitsky, Corporate Fellow, Director of Corporate Technology
Sep 28, 2020

A small turbine (for ORC, air liquification processes) , operating with low volumetric flows at inlet and significant pressure ratio in a single stage configuration (to reduce costs) is often...

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Using an Economizer in Centrifugal Compressor Chiller Cycles

Using an Economizer in Centrifugal Compressor Chiller Cycles

By Daniel V. Hinch, Corporate VP Sales and Marketing, Concepts NREC
Sep 18, 2020

In the chiller industry, the evolution of centrifugal compressor chiller cycles has led to an interesting and powerful cycle and related compressor configuration which involves reinjection of...

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Optimization using Dakota in Concepts NREC’s TurboOPT II

Optimization using Dakota in Concepts NREC’s TurboOPT II

By Rachel Moore, Senior Software Engineer
Sep 11, 2020

Automated optimization is becoming more and more common place in the turbomachinery industry today. What was once exclusively the domain of academics and high-end researchers, has become much more...

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