Aeroprobe probes employed by Dresser Rand to improve centrifugal compressor performance
The Dresser-Rand company employed drilled-elbow 5-hole Aeroprobes to investigate the performance of multi-stage centrifugal compressors. In the photograph an AP five-hole probe is shown mounted at the diffuser entrance of the second stage of an industrial multi-stage centrifugal compressor. Other probes are also installed along the return bend of the compressor. The data gathered with the Aeroprobes supplied insight into the impeller exit flow field.
Aeroprobes Mounted in Centrifugal Compressor at the Dresser-Rand Company.
Photos Courtesy Dresser-Rand.
James Sorokes, the manager of the Development Engineering Group of Dresser-Rand stated that...
"The use of 5-hole Aeroprobe probes in production machines has allowed the measurement of flow angle information that was not previously available from production-type testing of multi-stage axial compressors. For one particular application, this data...allowed us to enhance the performance of the production machine."
