This paper introduces and experimentally demonstrates the design concept of multistage microturbomachinery, which is fabricated using silicon microfabrication technology. The design process for multistage microscale turbomachinery based on meanline analysis is presented, along with computational fluid dynamics predictions of the key aerodynamic performance parameters required in this design process. This modeling was compared with a microturbine device with a 4 mm diameter rotor and chord blades, based on microelectromechanical system technology, which was spun to 330,000 rpm and produced 0.38 W of mechanical power. Modeling suggests a turbine adiabatic efficiency of 35% and at the maximum speed. The pressure distribution across the blade rows was measured and showed close agreement with the calculation results. Using the model, the microturbine is predicted to produce 3.2 W with an adiabatic efficiency of 63% at a rotor speed of .
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Design Principles and Measured Performance of Multistage Radial Flow Microturbomachinery at Low Reynolds Numbers
Changgu Lee,
Changgu Lee
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University
, New York, NY 10027
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Selin Arslan,
Selin Arslan
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University
, New York, NY 10027
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Luc G. Fréchette
Luc G. Fréchette
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University
, New York, NY 10027; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke
, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
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Changgu Lee
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University
, New York, NY 10027
Selin Arslan
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University
, New York, NY 10027
Luc G. Fréchette
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Columbia University
, New York, NY 10027; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke
, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, CanadaJ. Fluids Eng. Nov 2008, 130(11): 111103 (11 pages)
Published Online: September 23, 2008
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Received:
February 26, 2008
Revised:
July 14, 2008
Published:
September 23, 2008
Citation
Lee, C., Arslan, S., and Fréchette, L. G. (September 23, 2008). "Design Principles and Measured Performance of Multistage Radial Flow Microturbomachinery at Low Reynolds Numbers." ASME. J. Fluids Eng. November 2008; 130(11): 111103. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2979010
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