Table 2 Various levels of grid refinement for centrifugal compressor components
From: CFD investigation of flow through a centrifugal compressor diffuser with splitter blades
Domain | Nodes | Elements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coarse | Medium | Fine | Coarse | Medium | Fine | |
Intake | 15,309 | 26,390 | 50,912 | 13,520 | 23,800 | 46,872 |
Rotor | 168,831 | 345,870 | 646,978 | 155,740 | 324,598 | 611,856 |
Diffuser-1 | 178,389 | 372,890 | 777,956 | 164,554 | 349,792 | 738,486 |
Diffuser-2 | 159,327 | 344,260 | 651,407 | 147,316 | 323,544 | 617,820 |
All domains | 521,856 | 1,089,410 | 2,127,253 | 481,130 | 1,021,734 | 2,015,034 |