A gasdynamic arrangement for a multi-stage centrifugal turbomachine, such as a
two-stage compressor, comprising two coaxial impellers assembled on a common shaft
with axial intake ports and radial peripheral discharge zones, the intake ports
of the two impellers preferably pointing away from each other; a cylindrical vessel
concentrically housing the impellers and the intake duct; a partition wall between
the two impellers having a first and a second group of apertures; a first array
of curved ducts conveying the flow from the first impeller discharge zone to the
first group of apertures in the partition wall, the flow further passing through
a chamber in the vessel to the intake port of the second impeller, and a second
array of curved ducts conveying the flow from the second impeller discharge zone
to the second group of apertures in the partition wall, the flow further going
to the discharge port, the two flows bypassing each other in opposing directions
at the partition wall.