Miniature Single-Disk Viscous Pump (Single-DVP), Performance Characterization

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 602-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Blanchard ◽  
Phil Ligrani ◽  
Bruce Gale
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Outer Radius ◽  
Fluid Viscosity ◽  
Pump Chamber ◽  
Inner Radius ◽  
Viscous Pump ◽  
Single Disk

The development and testing of a rotating single-disk viscous pump are described. This pump consists of a 10.16mm diameter spinning disk, and a pump chamber, which are separated by a small gap that forms the fluid passage. The walls of the pump chamber form a C-shaped channel with an inner radius of 1.19mm, an outer radius of 2.38mm, and a depth of 40, 73, 117, or 246μm. Fluid inlet and outlet ports are located at the ends of the C-shaped channel. Experimental flow rate and pressure rise data are obtained for rotational speeds from 100to5000rpm, fluid chamber heights from 40to246μm, flow rates from 0to4.75ml∕min, pressure rises from 0to31.1kPa, and fluid viscosities from 1to62mPas. An analytical expression for the net flow rate and pressure rise, as dependent on the fluid chamber geometry, disk rotational speed, and fluid viscosity, is derived and found to agree with the experimental data. The flow rate and pressure rise of the pump vary nearly linearly with rotational speed. The volumetric flow rate does not change significantly with changes in fluid viscosity for the same rotational speed and pumping circuit. Advantages of the disk pumps include simplicity, ease of manufacture, ability to produce continuous flow with a flow rate that does not vary significantly in time, and ability to pump biological samples without significant alteration or destruction of cells, protein suspension, or other delicate matter.

Deviations Due to Non-Newtonian Influences Within a Miniature Viscous Disk Pump

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Ligrani ◽  
Hui Jiang ◽  
Benjamin Lund ◽  
Jae Sik Jin
Keyword(s):  
Newtonian Fluid ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Sucrose Concentration ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Newtonian Flow ◽  
Newtonian Behavior

A miniature viscous disk pump (VDP) is utilized to characterize and quantify non-Newtonian fluid deviations due to non-Newtonian influences relative to Newtonian flow behavior. Such deviations from Newtonian behavior are induced by adding different concentrations of sucrose to purified water, with increasing non-Newtonian characteristics as sucrose concentration increases from 0% (pure water) to 10% by mass. The VDP consists of a 10.16 mm diameter disk that rotates above a C-shaped channel with inner and outer radii of 1.19 mm, and 2.38 mm, respectively, and a channel depth of 200 μm. Fluid inlet and outlet ports are located at the ends of the C-shaped channel. Within the present study, experimental data are given for rotational speeds of 1200–2500 rpm, fluid viscosities of 0.001–0.00134 Pa s, pressure rises of 0–220 Pa, and flow rates up to approximately 0.00000005 m3/s. The theory of Flumerfelt is modified and adapted for application to the present VDP environment. Included is a new development of expressions for dimensionless volumetric flow rate, and normalized local circumferential velocity for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid flows. To quantify deviations due to the magnitude non-Newtonian flow influences, a new pressure rise parameter is employed, which represents the dimensional pressure rise change at a particular flow rate and sucrose concentration, as the flow changes from Newtonian to non-Newtonian behavior. For 5% and 10% sucrose solutions at rotational speeds of 1200–2500 rpm, this parameter increases as the disk dimensional rotational speed increases and as the volumetric flow rate decreases. Associated magnitudes of the pressure difference parameter show that the fluid with the larger sucrose concentration (by mass) produces significantly larger differences between Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid flow, for each value of dimensional volumetric flow rate. For each disc rotational speed, compared to Newtonian data, dimensional pressure rise variations with dimensional volumetric flow rate, which are associated with the non-Newtonian data, are generally lower when compared at a particular volumetric flow rate. Agreement with analytic results, for any given flow rate, rotational speed, and flow passage height, validates the shear stress model employed to represent non-Newtonian behavior, as well as the analytic equations and tools (based upon the Navier–Stokes equations) which are employed to predict measured behavior over the investigated range of experimental conditions.

Improved Diffuser/Volute Combinations for Centrifugal Compressors

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Steglich ◽  
J. Kitzinger ◽  
J. R. Seume ◽  
R. A. Van den Braembussche ◽  
J. Prinsier
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Outer Radius ◽  
Inner Radius ◽  
Pressure Pipeline ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
High Pressure Pipeline ◽  
Original Configuration

Internal volutes have a constant outer radius, slightly larger than the diffuser exit radius, and the circumferential increase of the cross section is accommodated by a decrease of the inner radius. They allow the design of compact radial compressors and hence are very attractive for turbochargers and high-pressure pipeline compressors, where small housing diameters have a favorable impact on weight and cost. Internal volutes, however, have higher losses and lower pressure rise than external ones, in which the center of the cross sections is located at a larger radius than the diffuser exit. This paper focuses on the improvement of the internal volute performance by taking into account the interaction between the diffuser and the volute. Two alternative configurations with enhanced aerodynamic performance are presented. The first one features a novel, nonaxisymmetric diffuser̸internal volute combination. It demonstrates an increased pressure ratio and lower loss over most of the operating range at all rotational speeds compared with a symmetric diffuser̸internal volute combination. The circumferential pressure distortion at off design operation is slightly larger than in the original configuration with a concentric vaneless diffuser. Alternatively, a parallel-walled diffuser with low-solidity vanes and an internal volute allows a reduction of the unsteady load on the impeller and an improved performance, approaching that of a vaneless concentric diffuser with a large external volute.

Numerical and experimental investigation of flow phenomena in rotating step-holes for direct-spray-cooled electric motors

2020 ◽  
pp. 146808742091804
Author(s):  
Christopher Beck ◽  
Jürgen Schorr ◽  
Harald Echtle ◽  
Jasmin Verhagen ◽  
Annette Jooss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Electric Motor ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Dielectric Fluid ◽  
Electric Motors ◽  
Test Environment ◽  
Operating Points

Despite their high efficiency, electric motors are thermally limited in some operating points by several types of losses. Whenever temperature–critical components threaten to overheat, the performance is reduced for component protection (derating). The use of a suitable cooling concept may reduce the derating. The design of efficient cooling concepts of electric motors in traction drives with increased power densities is challenging, caused by the fact that the heat releases in the components vary considerably with the operating point. One option to reduce the temperatures is to place the heat sinks close to heat sources. Therefore, direct spray cooling with nozzles located in the rotor shaft is often used for cooling the end windings. The dielectric fluid (e.g. oil) is introduced into the mainly air-filled interior of the electric motor. In the following study, the behavior of the jet in the rotating step-holes at different volumetric flow rates is examined. To carry out the investigation, a new test rig and a novel optically accessible electric motor were designed. In this specifically designed test environment, the shape of the jets of different operating points is investigated by direct high-speed visualization. The cinematography setup is made of a four-light-emitting diode system in combination with a high-speed camera. A combined approach of experiment and simulation is used to find basic mechanisms of spray formation produced by rotating step-holes. Depending on the volumetric flow rate and the rotational speed, the direction of the oil jet gets more curved in relation to the rotating nozzle after exiting the small bore. If the deflection is large, the jet impinges on the wall of the large bore before reaching the end of the nozzle. The jet formation at the exit of the step-hole is mainly driven by the divergent forces in the liquid caused by impingement and the counteracting Coriolis force. Depending on the volumetric flow rate with constant rotational speed, different cross-sectional shapes of the jet at the exit are observed. These characteristic shapes can be grouped as a round undisturbed jet, strands with a connecting lamella and a C-shaped cross-section.

Experimental Research on the Screening Efficiency of Particle Impact Drilling Separation System

2011 ◽  
Vol 295-297 ◽  
pp. 1811-1816
Author(s):  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Bin Bin Wang ◽  
Yi Xiao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Loss Rate ◽  
Drilling Fluid ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Particle Impact ◽  
Fluid Viscosity ◽  
Particle Ratio ◽  
Screening Efficiency ◽  
Steel Particle

PID (Particle Impact Drilling) is a new drilling technology which has been developing in the near decades. Utilizing steel particles with high speed to impact the rock stratum, this technology could be used in hard terrane. Compared with ordinary drilling technologies, PID has many advantages, such as long service life, high drilling speed, and low duty cycle, etc. During the process of recycling and separating, the steel particles will inevitably encounter a part of loss. In order to keep the sum of steel particle and working efficiency, the loss rules should be intensively studied. Based on experimental studies, this paper mainly works on the screening efficiency under various conditions including volumetric flow rate of drilling fluid, viscosity and steel particle ratio, etc. It was found that the loss rate of steel particle would increase with the increasing volumetric flow rate, viscosity and steel particle ratio. Furthermore, dimensional analysis was employed to analysis the relationship between loss rate and these factors and one empirical formula was proposed.

The Response of a Centrifugal Pump to Fluctuating Rotational Speed

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tsukamoto ◽  
H. Yoneda ◽  
K. Sagara
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Dynamic Characteristics ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Total Pressure ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Singularity Method ◽  
Measured Flow ◽  
Unsteady Characteristics

A theoretical and experimental study has been made on the dynamic characteristics of a centrifugal pump subject to sinusoidal changes in rotational speed. Time-dependent rotational speed, flow-rate, and total pressure rise are measured for a variety of amplitude and frequency of the fluctuating rotational speed. Measured flow-rate as well as total pressure rise is compared with the quasi-steady ones. Unsteady flow analysis is made for a two-dimensional circular cascade by use of the singularity method. The calculated frequency characteristics are compared with the corresponding experimental ones. The deviation of unsteady characteristics from quasi-steady ones is evident, and the numerical results agree qualitatively with the measured ones. It was found that with the increased frequency of rotational speed fluctuations the dynamic characteristics deviate remarkably from quasi-steady ones. Moreover, a criterion for the assumption of quasi-steady change is presented.

Flow of Granular Material through Rotating Cylinders: Modelling Transients

2000 ◽  
Vol 627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Spurling ◽  
John F. Davidson ◽  
David M. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Granular Material ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Solid Body ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Body Motion ◽  
Angle Of Repose

ABSTRACTGranular material, fed continuously into the top of a slowly rotating, slightly inclined cylinder, forms a moving bed. Much of the bed rotates with the cylinder in solid body motion. When particles reach the surface of the bed, they move rapidly down it, and are absorbed once more into the solid body motion. Such cylinders are used in calcining, pharmaceutical manufacture, and drying. A steady state transport model, applicable when the bed depth varies slowly along the cylinder, has existed for around 50 years. The bed surface is considered locally flat, and particles in it fall along the line of steepest descent, inclined to the horizontal at the angle of repose. There is reasonable agreement with experiment.We propose a quasi-steady state dynamical model, in which the steady state model is coupled with a volume balance across an axial element. The model takes the form of a nonlinear diffusion equation which was solved numerically. The parameters of the dynamic model are the dimensions of the cylinder and outlet dam, the inclination of the axis of the cylinder, its rotational speed, the angle of repose of the granular material and its feed volumetric flow rate: the dynamic model has no free parameters. Experiments were conducted using sand, mean particle size 490 μm, in a perspex tube of length 1 m, radius 0.0515 m, lined with sandpaper, with a feed end dam of height 0.029 m, and with no exit dam, or an exit dam of height 0.0105 m. With the system initially in steady state, step changes in feed flow rate, rotational speed or axis inclination were imposed, and the resulting discharge flow rate and bed depth axial profile measured as functions of time. Good agreement is found between model and experiment.

Design of a Dual Propeller Micro-Pump in Conjunction With Flared TCPC for Cavopulmonary Assist in Fontan Patients

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakin Jagani ◽  
Alexandrina Untaroiu
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Rotational Speed ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
The Body ◽  
Axial Distance ◽  
Micro Pump ◽  
Flow Interference

A single ventricular physiology of the human heart caused by a dysfunctional right ventricle is usually treated with the three-stage Fontan operation. The outcome of this operation is an extra-cardiac total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) which supplies the deoxygenated blood from the body to the lungs by directly connecting the inferior and superior vena cava (IVC and SVC) to the left and right pulmonary arteries (LPA and RPA). However, the situation is worsened due to non-physiologic flow conditions and pressure loss inside the cavopulmonary track, which ultimately calls for a heart transplantation. A modest pressure rise of 5–6 mm Hg will help to regain the normal physiology of the patient. In order to achieve this, a conceptual design of a dual propeller pump inside a flared TCPC is developed and studied. In order to provide a modest pressure rise, a blood pumping device was inserted inside the flared TCPC connection which consisted of two propellers, each placed in the SVC and the IVC and connected by a single shaft. The IVC and the SVC propellers were designed to rotate at the same rotational speed, having the same pressure rise but different blood inflow rate. The equal pressure rise across both the propellers was necessary at the design speed and flow rate to prevent any blood flow into the opposite vena cava. The TCPC-dual propeller conjunction was examined for the hydraulic performance and the flow pattern inside the TCPC using the 3D-CFD simulations on Ansys-CFX. The effect of axial distance between the two propellers on the blood flow interference and energy loss was also studied to select an optimal separation distance between them. The introduction of dual propeller pump inside the flared TCPC led to a pressure rise of 2–15 mm Hg at a total flow rate of 4.5 lpm (63% from IVC and 37% from SVC) with the rotational speed ranging from 6000–12000 rpm. It was seen that an axial separation of 70 mm between the two propellers provided the best performance in terms of flow interference and energy loss. A dual propeller pump assembled with an optimized TCPC could provide the required pressure rise for a particular age group of patients with univentricular Fontan physiology. The ability of dual micro-propeller pump to provide the required pressure rise will help to augment the cavopulmonary flow and hence help to regain the normal flow physiology as that witnessed by a human with biventricular circulation.

The Effect of Hub Configuration on the Performance of an Air-Cooled Steam Condenser Fan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Meiring ◽  
S. J. van der Spuy ◽  
C. J. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Design Point ◽  
Static Efficiency ◽  
Air Cooled Condensers ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Axial flow fans used in air-cooled condensers are typically analysed with smooth rounded hubs as they offer superior performance when compared to other hub configurations. However, such a hub configuration is impractical and may increase the manufacturing and installation costs of air-cooled condensers. As such, it is desirable to use a simpler, yet effective, hub configuration in order to reduce the installation cost. This paper assesses the impact that a simpler hub configuration may have on the performance of an axial flow fan. This is done through a comparison of three hub configurations: a cylindrical hub with a flat nose, a cylindrical hub with a hemispherical nose, and a disk hub, installed on the B2a-fan. Computational fluid dynamics modelling, utilising OpenFOAM, is used to simulate each hub configuration. It is found that the impact on performance due to hub configuration is dependent on the volumetric flow rate through the fan. A thin disk hub exhibits superior performance at low flow rates, resulting in a 8.4% improvement in total-to-static pressure rise and a 5.7% point improvement in total-to-static efficiency. As volumetric flow rate increases, the effectiveness of the disk hub configuration reduces while the hemispherical and flat nosed cylindrical hub configurations result in similar performance metrics at the design point flow rate. At above design point flow rate, the flat nosed cylindrical hub configuration shows an improvement in performance over the hemispherical nose cylindrical hub configuration, with a 9.5% increase in total-to-static pressure rise and a 5.1% point improvement in total-to-static efficiency.

Characteristics of the Diffuser/Nozzle Valve-Less Micro-Pump

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiichi Tanaka ◽  
Hiroshi Tsukamoto ◽  
Koji Miyazaki
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Volumetric Flow Rate ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Oscillating Flow ◽  
Fluid Viscosity ◽  
Pump Performance ◽  
Micro Pump ◽  
Pump Head

In this study we have developed a valve-less micro-pump with one diffuser shaped element and a chamber with a diaphragm; the vibration of which produces an oscillating flow. The pressure-loss in a nozzle is lower than that in a diffuser, and therefore one-way flow is realized in the nozzle direction. The frequency characteristics and the pump characteristics are measured. The maximum total pump head and volumetric flow rate are 0.8 kPa and 2.4 ml/min respectively. The effect of working-fluid viscosity on pump characteristics is also discussed using water and glycerin-water solutions. As a result, the pump performances were found to decrease with increasing fluid viscosity and the pump performance depended on the Reynolds number of oscillating flow. The experimental results are discussed using a simplified model based on the Bernoulli’s theory for unsteady flow in pump.

Improved Diffuser/Volute Combinations for Centrifugal Compressors

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Steglich ◽  
J. Kitzinger ◽  
J. R. Seume ◽  
R. A. Van den Braembussche ◽  
J. Prinsier
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Pressure Ratio ◽  
Pressure Rise ◽  
Outer Radius ◽  
Inner Radius ◽  
Pressure Pipeline ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
The One ◽  
High Pressure Pipeline

Internal volutes have a constant outer radius, slightly larger than the diffuser exit radius, and the circumferential increase of the cross section is accommodated by a decrease of the inner radius. They allow the design of compact radial compressors and hence are very attractive for turbochargers and high-pressure pipeline compressors where small housing diameters have a favorable impact on weight and cost. Internal volutes, however, have higher losses and lower pressure rise than external ones in which the center of the cross sections is located at a larger radius than the diffuser exit. This paper focuses on the improvement of the internal volute performance by taking into account the interaction between the diffuser and the volute. Two alternative configurations with enhanced aerodynamic performance are presented. A first one features a novel, non-axi-symmetric diffuser/internal volute combination. It demonstrates an increased pressure ratio and lower loss over most of the operating range at all rotational speeds. The circumferential pressure distortion at off design operation is slightly larger than in the original configuration with a concentric vaneless diffuser. Alternatively, a parallel-walled Low-Solidity Diffuser (LSD) with an internal volute allows a reduction of the unsteady load on the impeller and an improved performance close to the one of a vaneless concentric diffuser with a large external volute.

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