User:Mkoronowski

Profession
Turbomachinery Aerodynamic Design, Testing & Analysis, 35 years

Wiki Interests
There are numerous types of dynamic continuous flow turbomachinery that can be referenced within Wikipedia. Below is a partial list of these entries. What is notable about this collection is that the fundamentals that apply to turbomachinery also apply to each of these entries. Certainly there are significant differences between these machines and between the types of analysis that are typically applied to specific cases. This does not negate the fact that they are unified by the same underlying physics of fluid dynamics, gas dynamics, aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and thermodynamics. I want to know what makes these topics fun and interesting. I want to learn how explain this technology in a fun an interesting way with the hope that others will become enthusiasts.


 * Axial compressor
 * Axial fan


 * Centrifugal compressor
 * Centrifugal fan
 * Centrifugal pump
 * Centrifugal type supercharger


 * Francis turbine


 * Gas turbine


 * Industrial fans


 * Jet engine


 * Mechanical fan
 * Mixed flow compressor


 * Radial turbine


 * Steam turbine


 * Turbocharger
 * Turboexpander
 * Turbofans
 * Turbojet
 * Turbomachinery
 * Turboprop
 * Turbopump
 * Turboshaft
 * Turbines


 * Water turbine

General Interests
Chess, Go (game), Science, Ancient History, Education, Politics, Religion, Ecology, Muscular Dystrophy, Buffalo Bills, Boston Red Sox, Syracuse University

Meanline Performance Prediction of Volutes in Centrifugal Compressors
Weber, C.R., Koronowski, M.E.: "Meanline Performance Prediction of Volutes in Centrifugal Compressors", ASME paper 86-GT-216.

Chysler's Patriot hybrid race car

 * "Formula Hybrid at LeMans", Popular Science (June 1994)
 * "The Chrysler Patriot: Turbine-Powered Hybrid Racing Car — Future of Formula 1 Racing", http://www.allpar.com/model/patriot.html
 * "A twin-turbine turbo-alternator will power the Patriot. The turbine unit comes from Northern Research and Engineering Corp., of Wobrun, Mass. NREC is highly regarded in the defense industry for its work on nuclear submarines and helicopter jet engines."


 * "High-tech Patriot Dies", Popular Science (September 1996)

Design of a Power Conversion System for an Indirect Cycle, Helium Cooled Pebble Bed Reactor System
C. WANG, R. G. BALLINGER and P. W. STAHLE
 * Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Massachusetts 02139, USA

E. DEMETRI and M. KORONOWSKI
 * Concepts NREC, 39 Olympia Drive, Woburn Massachusetts, 01801, USA

ABSTRACT: A design is presented for the turbomachinery for an indirect cycle, closed, helium cooled modular pebble bed reactor system. The design makes use of current technology and will operate with an overall efficiency of 45%. The design uses an intermediate heat exchanger which isolated the reactor cycle from the turbomachinery. This design excludes radioactive fission products from the turbomachinery. This minimizes the probability of an air ingress accident and greatly simplifies maintenance.

Wikified Heros

 * Charles Proteus Steinmetz
 * 14th Dalai Lama
 * Nikola Tesla
 * Dr. Auguste C. E. Rateau
 * Joseph Szydlowski
 * Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi


 * Nikolay Yegorovich Zhukovsky
 * Hermann Schlichting
 * Willis Carrier
 * Leonardo da Vinci
 * Jerry Garcia
 * Martin Luther

External Reference Material

 * MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory
 * (1948), FIRST MARINE GAS TURBINE IN SERVICE.Journal of the American Society for Naval Engineers, 60: 66–86. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-3584.1948.tb02754.x
 * To find API codes, standards & publications
 * To find ASME codes, standards & publications
 * To find ASHRAE codes, standards & publications
 * Glenn Research Center at NASA
 * HYDRODYNAMICS OF PUMPS, by Christopher Earls Brennen
 * BUBBLY CLOUD DYNAMICS AND CAVITATION, by Christopher Earls Brennen
 * Cloud Cavitation: The Good, The Bad and the Bubbly, by Christopher Earls Brennen
 * CLOUD CAVITATION WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO PUMPS, by Christopher Earls Brennen
 * Fluid-induced Rotordynamic Forces and Instabilities, by Christopher Earls Brennen
 * Hydrodynamics of Pumps Lecture Series : lectures 1-7, by Christopher Earls Brennen
 * Fundamentals of Multiphase Flows, by Christopher Earls Brennen
 * Unified Treatment of Flow Instabilities of Turbomachines, by Christopher Earls Brennen