1. Turbomachinery Flow Visualization P08453
Allen Luccitti (ME)
Turbomachinery Flow Visualization P08453

2. Mission Statement Faculty Guide Faculty Consultant Sponsor
Dr. Steven Day
Faculty Consultant
Dr. Ali Ogut
Sponsor
Dresser Rand
Sponsor Contact
Jay Koch

3. Mission Statement Product Description Key Business Goals
The test system will consist of a centrifugal pump that sits within an automated and instrumented flow loop. The flow loop will have a controlled variable resistance and pump rotational speed, and will monitor the pressure rise and flow rate of the pump. The system will be controlled and monitored through a LabView based program and user interface. The apparatus and pump housing will be fabricated from optically clear materials to allow flow visualization within the pump, including dye injection experiments and particle based methods such as Laser Doppler Velocimetry and particle Image Velocimetry. The apparatus will be designed and built with a modular construction so that design variations of impellers, volutes, and housings may be easily exchanged
Key Business Goals
Demonstrate fluid flow in Turbomachinery
Demonstrate design principles of Turbomachinery
Teach fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics to engineering students
Basis for research projects for graduate students

4. Mission Statement
Flow Model
LabView Control Model

5. Mission Statement Primary Market Secondary Market
RIT undergraduate and graduate engineering students
RIT engineering faculty
Secondary Market
Dresser Rand Corporation
Assumptions and Constraints
Overall foot print of test stand
Available space
Fabrication of specialty parts
Stakeholders
RIT engineering students

6. Staffing Requirements
ME 1 Allen Luccitti
Pump Selection
Over see day to day activities of design team
Provide support in necessary areas
Integration of systems
Budget management
ME 2
Strong materials & machine design back ground
Material selection for pump housing
Design of pump housing and components
Test stand design
ME 3
Strong fluid mechanics back ground
Design and develop closed loop fluid flow path and storage

7. Staffing Requirements
Strong controls & machine design back ground
Work with EE on sensor selection and data acquisition concepts
Determine sensor placement in system
Test stand design
EE 1
Back ground in power supply design
Sensor selection
Design power system for sensors, data acquisition, pump
EE 2
Strong programming back ground
Develop LABVIEW GUI to run test stand
Develop algorithms for data acquisition
Provide support to EE 1 as needed

8. Intellectual Property Considerations
Dresser Rand Corporation
Any information provided in support may need to be classified as Private
Pump
Design modifications of pump housing and pump
Public Information
All relevant information not marked as private shall be made available to the public

9. Preliminary Work Breakdown Structure Week 1
ME 1 Allen Luccitti
Introduce project
Lead team in initial benchmarking
Literature search of existing test stands
Assign tasks for following weeks
ME 2
Participate in benchmarking of pump
Research materials for pump housing
ME 3
Participate in benchmarking
Research pump flow theory
ME4
Research available sensors
EE1
Research available sensors and DAQ hardware
EE 2
Work on LABVIEW tutorials

10. Preliminary Work Breakdown Structure Week 2
All team members will participate in a field trip to Dresser Rand
ME 1 Allen Luccitti
Lead team in brain storming of alternative solutions
ME 2
Generate alternative solutions to pump housing
ME3
Research flow analysis models
ME 4
Comparison of available sensors
Work with EE 1 on hardware selection
EE 1
Data acquisition hardware comparison
EE 2
LABVIEW tutorial training

11. Preliminary Work Breakdown Structure Week 3
ME 1 Allen Luccitti
Lead Team in concept development
Pump selection
ME 2
Material selection for pump housing
Develop concepts for pump modifications
ME 3
Generate ideas for flow system design
ME 4
Sensor selection
Generate Ideas for sensor integration
EE 1
Data acquisition hardware selection
EE 2
Work on LABVIEW training

12. Team Values and Norms Values
Team members will be courteous and respectful of other team members, faculty and corporate sponsor contacts
Members will be on time to all meetings
Each member is expected to act in a professional manner
Work is expected to be thorough and accurate
Each team member should be dedicated to the success of the project

13. Grading and Assessment Scheme
Grading will be based on several factors
Peer evaluations
Quality of work
Commitment to the project
Grade
Description D
Meets 50 % of Deliverables C
Meets 65% of deliverables B
Meets 80% of deliverables A
Meets 90% of deliverables

14. Required Resources Budget Items People $5000.00??
Dedicated work area for benchmarking
Machine Shop
Computer labs with solid modeling software
LABVIEW tutorial
LDV & PIV equipment (supplied)
People
Dr. Steven Day (ME)
Dr. Ali Ogut (ME)
Jay Koch

15. Customer Needs Sensors Control System Pump & housing Test Stand
Optically clear
Easily removed & replaced
Allow for optical pathway for LDV & PIV equipment
Changeable impellers
Test Stand
Small footprint: Approximately 36” by 48”
Transportable
Aesthetically pleasing
Easily Maintained
Flow Loop
Closed loop
Variable resistance
Pressure monitoring
Control with LABVIEW
Storage reservoir
Sensors
Pressure
Control System
LabView Interface
Controls pump
Controls DAQ &sensors
Powers components

16. Risks and Issues Safety Time Experience & availability of team members
Moving parts
Grounding of stand
Safe materials
Time
CNC of specialty parts
Lead times on other parts
Experience & availability of team members
Small enrolment of EE’s for SD1 for 072

17. Outstanding Items Project approval Identify team members
Resource allocation