A fully non-dimensional preliminary design procedure for a centrifugal compressor is presented. The procedure can be applied for any desired pressure ratio to develop an initial non-dimensional skeleton design. The procedure is applied to compressor design for pressure ratios of 2, 6.5 and 8, and illustrates how the initial design can be developed without recourse to empirical loss models and the associated uncertainties.
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