Computer Simulation of the Flow Field in ESP with Transverse Collection Plates

Abstract

The computer simulation of the flow field in ESP with transverse collection plates was carried out, in which a physical model was adopted to simulate the flow field, and the computation was based on the SIMPLE algorithm. The finite volume method was adopted for computation area discretization, the mesh was generated with GAMBIT, and the computer simulation of flow field was carried on with FLUENT. We can draw the conclusion, by researching the changing of the flow field with the increasing of the velocity of flow inlet: its velocity lines of flow inlet which can be regarded as laminar motion are parallel, and the density increased with the increasing of the velocity of flow inlet; it can form the turbulent near the collection plates and poles, whose intensity increased with the increasing of the velocity of flow inlet ; There is an obvious pressure loss from inlet to the outlet of the ESP, which is also increased with the increasing of the velocity of flow inlet, but it is quite stable between two plates.