{"id":355436,"date":"2024-03-05T16:53:59","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T16:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/355436\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T16:53:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T16:53:59","slug":"355436","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/355436\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: BladeGen and Vista RTD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;The range of operating point inputs that can be accepted in all the Vista tools is based on an appropriate specific speed range for that device.&nbsp; The specific speed is a function of the mass flow, rotational speed, head rise (or head drop) and fluid density.&nbsp; The specific speed range for Vista RTD is not provided in the documentation, but the user can find examples of an appropriate specific speed range in the literature.&nbsp; Refer to the NASA report SP-290, &#8220;Turbine Design and Application&#8221;, Volume 3 which discusses design of radial inflow turbines.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the requirements of your design fall outside the applicable specific speed range, it may indicate that modifying the rotational speed and using a multi-stage approach may be needed to achieve the desired performance goals.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-355436","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/355436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/355436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}