Abstract
A low flow coefficient centrifugal compressor stage is characterized by the small relative outlet width, and is often one of the latter stages in the multistage compressor. The low flow coefficient stage is known to give lower stage efficiency in comparison with the conventional stage, which still leaves much more space to be improved with modern tools such as CFD techniques. In the paper the flow in a CO2 centrifugal compressor stage with a low design flow coefficient of 0.008 is simulated based on the 3D viscous CFD codes. The analysis shows the impeller gives a favorable performance over a wide range of low flow coefficient, but the high losses exist in the stationary components and this incurs the poor performance of the whole stage. In this case, the diffuser, the return channel and the meridional plane are redesigned. The redesigned stage has distinct improvements on the performance and the flow structure.
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