Pressure Distributions in a Single and Two Versions of a Double Volute of a Centrifugal Pump

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. de Ojeda ◽  
R. D. Flack ◽  
S. M. Miner
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Single Discharge ◽  
Repeated Pattern ◽  
Specific Speed

Pressure measurements were recorded around the impeller and along the casing wall of a centrifugal pump, 0.60 (1583 US units) specific speed, assembled with a single volute/single discharge, and two versions of a double volute/single discharge. The latter comprised a splitter positioned in the second half of the discharge (i) midway between the impeller and casing, and (ii) along a spiral symmetric to the first–half casing section. The objective of such double volute casings is to reduce forces on the impeller and thus provide longer lives. Flow rates tested ranged from 20% to 105% of design. A repeated pattern consisted of pressure increasing from the first cutwater to the splitter leading edge at which the pressure drops and thereafter increases to the discharge. This pattern was noted at all flow rates with the symmetric volute geometry and only at flow rates higher than 60% for the centered splitter. By integration of the pressures static forces were found. Time averaged static forces ranged from 6.2 N at design to 33.0 N at 20% flow for the single volute. Both double volute configurations showed considerable thrust reduction throughout but for a few exceptions. Reductions ranged from 26% at 30% flow to 62% at 90% flow for the center splitter, and from 52% reduction at 20% flow to 72% at 80% flow for the symmetric splitter. For comparison of performance of the different configurations, at flow rates above 85% of design the head was 8% and 9% less for the double volutes than for the single volutes. At flows below 40% of design the head was 3% and 4% higher for the double volutes than for the single volute.

scholarly journals Unsteady Pressure Distributions on the Impeller Blades of a Centrifugal Pump-Impeller Operating Off-Design

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Kikuyama ◽  
K. Minemura ◽  
Y. Hasegawa ◽  
E. Asakura ◽  
M. Murakami
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Pressure Change ◽  
Design Flow ◽  
Pump Impeller ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Cavitation Inception ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Periodic Pressure ◽  
Pressure Changes

Pressure distributions on the impeller blades of a centrifugal pump were examined experimentally. The periodic pressure change caused in the suction and delivery pipes by the interaction between the rotating impeller blades and the dividing ridge of the volute casing was small. However, a noticeable cyclic change in the pressure on the blade surface was measured and related to the nonuniform pressure distribution in the volute casing at off-design flow rates. In a lower than normal range of flow rates this pressure fluctuation was largely increased near the leading edge of the blade due to the turbulent fluctuations and the flow separation from the blade surfaces. These periodic pressure changes have a large effect upon cavitation inception along the impeller periphery.

Relationship Between Unsteady Flow, Pressure Fluctuations, and Noise in a Centrifugal Pump—Part B: Effects of Blade-Tongue Interactions

1995 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Chu ◽  
R. Dong ◽  
J. Katz
Keyword(s):  
Unsteady Flow ◽  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Pressure Difference ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Local Pressure ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Flow Pressure ◽  
Tip Of The Tongue

Maps of pressure distributions computed using PDV data, combined with noise and local pressure measurements, are used for identifying primary sources of noise in a centrifugal pump. In the vicinity of the impeller pressure minima occur around the blade and near a vortex train generated as a result of non-uniform outflux from the impeller. The pressure everywhere also varies depending on the orientation of the impeller relative to the tongue. Noise peaks are generated when the pressure difference across the tongue is maximum, probably due to tongue oscillations, and when the wake impinges on the tip of the tongue.

Experimental Investigation of Pressure Fluctuations on Inner Wall of a Centrifugal Pump

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Qi Jia ◽  
Bao-Ling Cui ◽  
Zu-Chao Zhu ◽  
Yu-Liang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
High Flow ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Centrifugal Pumps ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Blade Passing Frequency

Abstract Affected by rotor–stator interaction and unstable inner flow, asymmetric pressure distributions and pressure fluctuations cannot be avoided in centrifugal pumps. To study the pressure distributions on volute and front casing walls, dynamic pressure tests are carried out on a centrifugal pump. Frequency spectrum analysis of pressure fluctuation is presented based on Fast Fourier transform and steady pressure distribution is obtained based on time-average method. The results show that amplitudes of pressure fluctuation and blade-passing frequency are sensitive to the flow rate. At low flow rates, high-pressure region and large pressure gradients near the volute tongue are observed, and the main factors contributing to the pressure fluctuation are fluctuations in blade-passing frequency and high-frequency fluctuations. By contrast, at high flow rates, fluctuations of rotating-frequency and low frequencies are the main contributors to pressure fluctuation. Moreover, at low flow rates, pressure near volute tongue increases rapidly at first and thereafter increases slowly, whereas at high flow rates, pressure decreases sharply. Asymmetries are observed in the pressure distributions on both volute and front casing walls. With increasing of flow rate, both asymmetries in the pressure distributions and magnitude of the pressure decrease.

Effects of short blades on performance and inner flow characteristics of a low-specific-speed centrifugal pump

2017 ◽  
Vol 231 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Kang ◽  
Ning Mao ◽  
Chen Pan ◽  
Yang Zhu ◽  
Bing Li
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Back Surface ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Pump Operation ◽  
Low Specific Speed ◽  
Specific Speed

A low-specific-speed centrifugal pump equipped with long and short blades is studied. Emphasis is placed on the pump performance and inner flow characteristics at low flow rates. Each short blade is intentionally shifted towards the back surface of the neighboring long blade, and the outlet parts of the short blades are uniformly shortened. Unsteady numerical simulation is conducted to disclose inner flow patterns associated with the modified design. Thereby, a comparison is enabled between the two schemes featured by different short blades. Both practical operation data and numerical results support that the deviation and cutting of the short blades can eliminate the positive slope of pump head curve at low flow rates. Therefore, the modification of short blades improves the pump operation stability. Due to the shortening of the outlet parts of the short blades, velocity distributions between impeller outlet and radial diffuser inlet exhibit explicitly altered circumferential flow periodicity. Pressure fluctuations in the radial diffuser are complex in terms of diversified periodicity and amplitudes. Flow rate influences pressure fluctuations in the radial diffuser considerably. As flow rate decreases, the regularity of the orbit of hydraulic loads exerted upon the impeller collapses while hydraulic loads exerted upon the short blades remain circumferentially periodic.

Experimental Study of the Flow in the Suction Pipe of a Centrifugal Pump at Partial Flow Rates in Unsteady Conditions

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Bolpaire ◽  
J. P. Barrand
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Static Pressure ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Suction Pipe ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Test Loop ◽  
Fast Start ◽  
Operational Range

The operational range and the performances of pumps are limited by the occurrence of backflow and prerotation in the suction pipe as the flow rate is reduced. This paper presents the study of static pressure measurements and visualizations in the suction pipe, near the inlet of a centrifugal pump, at partial flow rates, in steady conditions, and during a fast start-up of the pump. The tests were carried out in water on the DERAP© test loop of the ENSAM Lille laboratory. Standard methods allowed to determine the recirculation critical flow rate. A visualization method showed that the axial extent of the recirculation and the prerotation with the flow rate is considerably reduced during a fast start-up compared to steady conditions.

CFD Challenge: Solutions Using the In-House Finite-Element-Based Solver NEWTETR

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiemeng Hoi ◽  
David A. Steinman
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Pressure Measurements ◽  
Surface Geometry ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Pressure Drops ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Giant Cerebral Aneurysm ◽  
Pulsatile Pressure ◽  
Nominal Surface

Briefly, this Challenge aims to test the sensitivity of steady and pulsatile pressure drops as predicted by different CFD solvers or groups, and ultimately against in vitro pressure measurements. The current study focuses on the Phase I of the Challenge. We simulated steady state and pulsatile pressure drops based on the nominal surface geometry and specific inlet flow rates on a giant cerebral aneurysm with proximal stenosis.

scholarly journals Pressure fluctuation–vortex interaction in an ultra-low specific-speed centrifugal pump

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Wang ◽  
Yongxue Zhang ◽  
Zhiwei Li ◽  
Ao Xu ◽  
Chang Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Vortex Interaction ◽  
Trailing Edge ◽  
Pressure Surface ◽  
Baroclinic Torque ◽  
Low Specific Speed ◽  
Specific Speed

To provide a comprehensive understanding of the pressure fluctuation–vortex interaction in non-cavitation and cavitation flow, in this article, the unsteady flow in an ultra-low specific-speed centrifugal pump was investigated by numerical simulation. The uncertainty of the numerical framework with three sets of successively refined mesh was verified and validated by a level of 1% of the experimental results. Then, the unsteady results indicate that the features of the internal flow and the pressure fluctuation were accurately captured in accordance with the closed-loop experimental results. The detailed pressure fluctuation at 16 monitoring points and the monitoring of the vorticity suggest that some inconsistent transient phenomena in frequency spectrums show strong correlation with the evolution of vortex, such as abnormal increasing amplitudes at the monitoring points near to the leading edge on the suction surface and the trailing edge on the pressure surface in the case of lower pressurization capacity of impeller after cavitation. Further analysis applies the relative vortex transport equation to intuitionally illustrate the pressure fluctuation–vortex interaction by the contribution of baroclinic torque, viscous diffusion and vortex convection terms. It reveals that the effect of viscous diffusion is weak when the Reynolds number is much greater than 1. Pressure fluctuation amplitude enlarges on the suction side of blade near to the leading edge due to the baroclinic torque in cavitation regions, whereas the abnormal increase of pressure fluctuation after cavitation on the pressure surface of blade approaching the trailing edge results from the vortex convection during vortices moving downstream with the decrease of available net positive suction head at the same instance.

scholarly journals Influence of the Balance Hole Circumferential Position on the Cavitation Performance of the Semiopen Impeller Centrifugal Pump

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Xiaorui Cheng ◽  
Jiaheng Luo ◽  
Bo Xiong ◽  
Yimeng Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Axial Force ◽  
Cavitation Bubble ◽  
Bubble Dynamics ◽  
Leading Edge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cavitation Performance ◽  
Working Surface ◽  
Low Specific Speed ◽  
Specific Speed

In order to study the influence of the circumferential position of the balance hole on the cavitation performance of the semiopen impeller centrifugal pump, a low specific speed semiopen impeller centrifugal pump is taken as the object, and 4 kinds of circumferential positions of balance holes are designed. The SST k-ω turbulence model and the Rayleigh–Plesset cavitation bubble dynamics equation are used to calculate the full flow field of the centrifugal pump. Research shows that, under cavitation conditions, as the circumferential position of the balance hole is farther away from the blade working surface, the cavitation performance of the pump is reduced, and the larger θ (the angle of the balance hole and the leading edge of the blade in the direction of rotation) is, the easier the jet cavitation occurs near the balance hole. On the other hand, with the development of cavitation, the axial force of the impeller has also changed greatly. In contrast, the farther the balance hole is arranged in the circumferential direction (i.e., the greater θ), the more limited is the ability of the balance hole to balance the axial force.

Steady and Unsteady Radial Forces for a Centrifugal Pump With Impeller to Tongue Gap Variation

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-462 ◽  
Author(s):  
José González ◽  
Jorge Parrondo ◽  
Carlos Santolaria ◽  
Eduardo Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Numerical Results ◽  
Momentum Exchange ◽  
Unsteady Forces ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Blade Passing Frequency ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Radial Forces ◽  
Similarity Laws

Experimental and numerical studies are presented on the steady and unsteady radial forces produced in a single volute vaneless centrifugal pump. Experimentally, the unsteady pressure distributions were obtained using fast response pressure transducers. These measurements were compared with equivalent numerical results from a URANS calculation, using the commercial code FLUENT. Two impellers with different outlet diameters were tested for the same volute, with radial gaps between the blade and tongue of 10.0% and 15.8% of the impeller radius, for the bigger and smaller impeller diameters, respectively. Very often, pump manufacturers apply the similarity laws to this situation, but the measured specific speeds in this case were found to be slightly different. The steady radial forces for the two impellers were calculated from both the measured average pressure field and the model over a wide range of flow rates in order to fully characterize the pump behavior. Again, a deviation from the expected values applying the similarity laws was found. The data from the pressure fluctuation measurements were processed to obtain the dynamic forces at the blade passing frequency, also over a wide range of flow rates. Afterwards, these results were used to check the predictions from the numerical simulations. For some flow rates, the bigger diameter produced higher radial forces, but this was not to be a general rule for all the operating points. This paper describes the work carried out and summarizes the experimental and the numerical results, for both radial gaps. The steady and unsteady forces at the blade passing frequency were calculated by radial integration of the pressure distributions on the shroud side of the pump volute. For the unsteady forces, the numerical model allowed a separate analysis of the terms due to the pressure pulsations and terms related to the momentum exchange in the impeller. In this way, the whole operating range of the pump was studied and analyzed to account for the static and dynamic flow effects. The unsteady forces are very important when designing the pump shaft as they can produce a fatigue collapse if they are not kept under a proper working value.

Unsteady Radial Forces on the Impeller of a Centrifugal Pump With Radial Gap Variation

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose´ Gonza´les ◽  
Carlos Santolaria ◽  
Jorge Luis Parrondo ◽  
Joaqui´n Ferna´ndez ◽  
Eduardo Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Unsteady Forces ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Blade Passage ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Dynamic Forces ◽  
Radial Forces ◽  
Radial Gap

An experimental and numerical study is presented on the unsteady radial forces produced in a centrifugal pump with volute casing. Two impellers with different outlet diameter were considered, which gave radial gaps between blade and tongue of 10% and 15.8% of the impeller radius, respectively. Firstly, the data from pressure fluctuation measurements was processed to obtain the dynamic forces at the blade-passage frequency, for a number of flow-rates. Afterwards, these results were used to check the predictions from a numerical simulation of the pump with the code Fluent. This paper describes the work carried out and summarizes the experimental and the numerical results, for both radial gaps. The steady and unsteady forces at the blade passing frequency obtained by radial integration of the pressure distributions in the shroud side of the pump volute are analysed in detail and similar trends are obtained.

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