Flow Passage Of Centrifugal Pump Research Articles

Numerical investigation of cavitation suppression of centrifugal pump based on the bionic humpback whale blade

Abstract Cavitation is inevitable during the operation of centrifugal pumps, it leads to the decrease in head and efficiency, and induced pressure fluctuation. This paper takes low specific speed centrifugal pump as the research object, a method of inhibiting cavitation by bionic humpback whale blade is proposed, the SST turbulence model is used to numerically study the whole flow passage of centrifugal pump. Comparative analysis of the cavitation characteristic curves under design conditions, the effects of bionic blades on water vapour volume fraction distribution, static pressure distribution, turbulent kinetic energy, vorticity field, streamline were investigated, the variation laws of cavitation morphology under different cavitation numbers is clarified. The research provides theoretical support for improving the cavitation performance and operation stability of centrifugal pump.

Study on the influence of impeller area ratio parameter on performance and flow excitation of centrifugal pump

The internal flow passage of centrifugal pump involves many geometric parameters and area parameters, which are not independent but interrelated. Area ratio is a physical quantity which combines different area parameters together, and studies the area ratio relationship between the impeller outlet and the inlet, which can provide new ideas and methods for the improvement and optimization of centrifugal pump. In this paper, through numerical calculation, the hydraulic performance, flow characteristics and pressure pulsation characteristics of centrifugal pump under different area ratio parameters are compared. The results show that when the area ratio increases, the head and efficiency of the pump are better, and the flow excitation under the main excitation frequency decreases. In addition, the recommended area ratio value range is also given.

Hydrodynamic Calculation of Bearing-Seal Assemblies of Centrifugal Pump with Self-Adjusting Rotor

Hydrodynamic forces in slot seals of centrifugal pumps play a leading role in stabilization of vibrational activity of rotor pumps. It enables one to assess afresh the role of contactless seals of flow passages, such as bearing-seal assemblies of centrifugal pumps. The pump rotor adjusts automatically in symmetric slot seals under the action of hydrodynamic forces and moments. The proposed calculation procedure realizes a new design approach to creation of elements of flow passage of centrifugal pump having slot bearing-seal couples.

Performance analysis on solid-liquid mixed flow in a centrifugal pump

In order to study the solid-liquid mixed flow hydraulic characteristics of centrifugal pump, the Pro/E software was used for three-dimensional modeling of centrifugal pump chamber. By using the computational fluid dynamics software CFX, the numerical simulation calculation of solid-liquid two-phase flow within whole flow passage of centrifugal pump was conducted. Aim at different particle diameters, the Reynolds-averaged N-S equations with the RNG k-Ɛ turbulence model and SIMPLEC algorithm were used to simulate the two-phase flow respectively on the condition of different volume fraction. The influence of internal flow characteristic on pump performance was analyzed. On the conditions of different particle diameter and different volume fraction, the turbulence kinetic energy and particle concentration are analyzed. It can be found that the erosion velocity ratio on the flow channel wall increases along with the increasing of the volume fraction

Hydraulic design, numerical simulation and BVF diagnosis of high efficiency centrifugal pump

Under the Two-dimensional Flow Theory and the Velocity Coefficient Theory, a centrifugal-pump impeller has been designed, based on the parameters of IS150-125-250 centrifugal pump. And self-compiled programs have been used to complete the hydraulic design of the whole flow passage of centrifugal pump. The space bending and twisting characteristics of the design blade are more obvious. Then, numerical simulation is applied to the inner flow field of the two pumps using RANS (Reynolds Averaged N-S) Equation with a standard k-ε two-equation turbulence model. The compare of the numerical simulation data of two centrifugal pumps, getting from 13 working points including design condition, shows that, the design pump has higher head and efficiency in the range of lower flow rate. Based on the numerical results of the inner flow of the design pump and model pump, the boundary vorticity flux (BVF) diagnostics has been used to analyze the BVF distribution of suction surface and pressure surface of two pumps. The result shows that, the BVF distribution of the design pump is more uniform and smooth, with smaller peak value.