Talk:Surge in compressors

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"Compressor stall", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressor_stall and "Surge in compressors", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surge_in_compressors

Hello, Wikipedia moderators and contributors to these articles. First, I applaud the high quality of each article as they are. There are many overlaps and significant differences.

The cause for me to make these suggestions is my interest in referencing a "primary article" to replace the Surge/surge line/stall/stall line discussion in "Centrifugal compressor". The suggestions I would like to make involves everyone, Wikipedia, contributors to Compressor stall, and contributors to Surge in compressors. These similar articles could be merged, which I think is too large. Thus my suggestions are below.

The terminology 'surge and stall' as used for aircraft engines have a subtle difference from 'surge and stall' when used for centrifugal and axial compressors in industrial applications. Partly due to controls and failures and historical references.

Thus, I see a natural division between these articles along the lines of using different titles.

The proposal for "Compressor stall" might be changed to 'aircraft compressor stall'. Why? Industrial compressor surge is comparable to aircraft compressor stalls. Design and development citations? using different groups of textbooks. The working fluid is air.

The proposal for "Surge in compressors" might be 'surge and stall in turbomachinery compressors. Remember that centrifugal compressors are just or more complex than centrifugal pumps. All turbomachinery compressors are designed and tested using similar if not identical software and theory. Includes gas turbines, turbochargers, integrally geared, inline?

The benefit is less overlap and less confusion.

Thankyou. Mkoronowski (talk) 03:12, 8 December 2021 (UTC)