Patents Examined by Nercy Moreno-Nerey
  • Method for improving the stall margin of an axial flow compressor using a casing treatment
    Patent number: 8550768
    Abstract: A method for determining a preferred circumferential groove arrangement for a casing treatment of an axial flow compressor is disclosed. The method includes using the results from a three dimensional steady state computational fluid dynamic analysis to generate a flow field between a blade tip of a rotating blade and a compressor casing to determine the preferred circumferential groove arrangement. A stall margin for the axial flow compressor will be increased with the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew D. Montgomery