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The computation of the entropy generation rate for turbomachinery design applications: some theoretical remarks and practical examples

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  • Carmine Luca Iandoli
  • Enrico Sciubba
  • Nicola Zeoli

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The calculation of the entropy generation rate dS/dt in turbomachinery passages is a relatively easy task, once the velocity and temperature fields are known in detail. The global entropy generation rate is directly related to the cascade efficiency, but its functional dependence on the local characteristics of the flowfield is not immediately detectable. On the contrary, knowledge of the local entropy generation rate at each point in a channel provides immediate useful insight into the relative importance of the different sources of irreversibility in the process. This paper presents a rational derivation of the relationships between the local and global entropy generation and the local features of the flow, and illustrates them by means of some examples derived from applications developed in the last decade by the Turbomachinery Group of the University of Roma 1. The merits and limits of the use of such a 'local' the development of an inverse design approach is proposed.

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  • Carmine Luca Iandoli & Enrico Sciubba & Nicola Zeoli, 2008. "The computation of the entropy generation rate for turbomachinery design applications: some theoretical remarks and practical examples," International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(1/2), pages 64-95.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijetpo:v:6:y:2008:i:1/2:p:64-95
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    1. Sciacovelli, A. & Verda, V. & Sciubba, E., 2015. "Entropy generation analysis as a design tool—A review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 1167-1181.
    2. Giangaspero, Giorgio & Sciubba, Enrico, 2013. "Application of the entropy generation minimization method to a solar heat exchanger: A pseudo-optimization design process based on the analysis of the local entropy generation maps," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 52-65.

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