ABSTRACT
This chapter helps to study various turbines and pumps and examines their performance characteristics. The chapter concludes the study of turbomachines by giving an overview of general equations that are used to characterize them. A turbomachine is a device that transfers energy between its own rotating parts and a moving fluid. The majority of turbomachines can be classified into axial-flow, radial-flow, or mixed-flow types. In an axial-flow machine, the main path of the fluid through the device is in the same direction as the rotor axis. In the radial-flow type, the main flow direction is perpendicular to the axis of rotation. In the mixed-flow type, the main flow direction is neither purely radial nor purely axial but a combination of the two. Radial- and axial-flow types are discussed in detail in this chapter. It concludes the study of turbomachines by giving an overview of general equations that are used to characterize them.
