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The energy transfer in turbomachinery is established by means of the stages. A turbomachinery stage comprises a row of fixed, guide vanes called stator blades, and a row of rotating blades termed rotor. To elevate the total pressure of a working fluid, compressor stages are used that partially converts the mechanical energy into potential energy. According to the conservation law of energy, this energy increase requires an external energy input which must be added to the system in the form of mechanical energy. Figure 5.1 shows the schematic of an axial compressor stage that consists of one stator and two rotor rows. In general, a compressor component starts with a rotor row followed by a stator row. Compressor configurations are also found that starts with an inlet guide vane. To define a unified station nomenclature for compressor and turbine stages, we identify with station number 1 as the inlet of the stator, followed by station 2 as the rotor inlet, and 3, rotor exit. The absolute and relative flow angles are counted counterclockwise from a horizontal line. This convention allows an easier calculation of the off-design behavior of compressor and turbine stages during a transient operation, as we will see later. This angle definition is different the angle conventions used in literature, [1], [2], [3], and [4].
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Schobeiri, M.T. (2012). Theory of Turbomachinery Stages. In: Turbomachinery Flow Physics and Dynamic Performance. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24675-3_5
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