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| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4455-4464 |
| Journal | Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 11 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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The flow field in a centrifugal pump with a large tongue gap and back blades. / Cai, Jian Cheng; Pan, Jie; Guzzomi, Andrew.
In: Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 11, 2014, p. 4455-4464.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - The flow field in a centrifugal pump with a large tongue gap and back blades
AU - Cai, Jian Cheng
AU - Pan, Jie
AU - Guzzomi, Andrew
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - © 2014, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. In this paper, the unsteady 3-D turbulent flow fields in an end-suction centrifugal pump with a vaneless volute are studied numerically at three different rotation speeds. The unshrouded impeller of the pump, as a reduced diameter version of the original full-size impeller, has five backswept blades and five pump-out blades. The results show that the flow rate and pressure vary with the rotational speed according to the similarity law, and the normalized internal flow fields at all speeds are very similar. Due to the reduced impeller diameter, the pump efficiency is relatively low. Flows discharged from the front and back blade passages interfere with each other and swirling motion exists in the volute. The pressure fluctuations on the casing wall near the impeller outlet are extracted, and their spectra show that the component at the blade passing frequency was prominent. This study sheds some light on the characteristics of the internal unsteady flow of a centrifugal pump at different rotational speeds, and forms a basis for future study of flow induced pump vibration and noise.
AB - © 2014, The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. In this paper, the unsteady 3-D turbulent flow fields in an end-suction centrifugal pump with a vaneless volute are studied numerically at three different rotation speeds. The unshrouded impeller of the pump, as a reduced diameter version of the original full-size impeller, has five backswept blades and five pump-out blades. The results show that the flow rate and pressure vary with the rotational speed according to the similarity law, and the normalized internal flow fields at all speeds are very similar. Due to the reduced impeller diameter, the pump efficiency is relatively low. Flows discharged from the front and back blade passages interfere with each other and swirling motion exists in the volute. The pressure fluctuations on the casing wall near the impeller outlet are extracted, and their spectra show that the component at the blade passing frequency was prominent. This study sheds some light on the characteristics of the internal unsteady flow of a centrifugal pump at different rotational speeds, and forms a basis for future study of flow induced pump vibration and noise.
U2 - 10.1007/s12206-014-1013-6
DO - 10.1007/s12206-014-1013-6
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 4455
EP - 4464
JO - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
JF - Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
SN - 1011-8861
IS - 11
ER -