Abstract
SummaryAn experimental correlation is presented between the losses and the inlet flow conditions in short dump diffusers for turbojet combustors. Cascades of compressor blades upstream of the diffuser were used to make the flow field at inlet similar to that in a real jet engine. The flow field was altered in two ways — by varying the distance between the cascades and the diffuser inlet plane and by changing the blade aspect ratio. The measurements show clearly that distortions in the radial direction affect the losses to a much larger extent than non-uniformities in the circumferential direction. In consequence, the performance can be correlated to a satisfactory degree of accuracy simply by using the radial blockage factor at inlet.
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