Vishnu M Sishtla, the compression fellow of United Technologies Cooperation (UTC), invited by Professor Feng,Dean of Energyand Power Engineering School of Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), will visit XJTU recently. During his visit, there will be a speech and seminar, all teachers and graduate students are welcome.

Lecture Topic:Centrifugal compressor in comfort cooling

Seminar Topic:Mechanical & aerodynamic technologies applied in refrigeration centrifugal compression system

Lecture Time:November 13, 2015 (Friday), 15:00-16:00 hrs

Lecture Location:北二楼1410

Introduction of Fellow Mr. Sishtla:

Vishnu M Sishtla received Doctoral degree from City University London, and is currently working at Carrier Corporation as a Fellow (Turbocompressor Research and Technology), focusing on centrifugal compression system. He has over 20 years’ experience of refrigeration centrifugal compressor design, analysis and test, including single stage & two-stage compressors with different refrigerants. Dr. Sishtla is an Associate member of AMSE. He published several papers in the field of Centrifugal compressors at AIAA, ASME, IMeche and Purdue compressor conference. Dr. Sishtla holds over 25 patents related to compressors.

Abstract of Lecture:

The lecture will cover following topics:

a) A brief history of centrifugal compressors in comfort cooling industry.

b) Design features

c) Challenges posed by the application

d) New developments