Small-Scale Turbomachinery Systems: Design Challenges & Applications

This lecture by the instructor covers the design challenges and applications of small-scale and oil-free turbomachinery systems, focusing on improving energy conversion efficiency. Topics include reducing CO₂ emissions, radial turbocompressors for heat pumps, radial inflow turbines for waste heat recovery, thermally driven heat pump compressors, domestic scale power generation with SOFC, design challenges of high-speed turbomachinery, integrated design approaches, gas lubricated fluid film bearings, dynamic gas lubricated bearings, gas bearing modeling, real gas effects, foil bearings, and experimental setups for condensation and measurements.