scholarly journals Influence of Blade Thickness on Solid–Liquid Two-Phase Flow and Impeller Wear in a Ceramic Centrifugal Slurry Pump

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1259
Author(s):  
Yi Tao ◽  
Yongming Bai ◽  
Yingchun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Solid Particle ◽  
Wear Test ◽  
Suction Side ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Pressure Side ◽  
Particle Trajectories ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Blade Thickness ◽  
Solid Liquid

The impeller blades of ceramic slurry pumps are usually very thick for the purpose of prolonging the service life. In this paper, numerical simulations and wear test were conducted to investigate the influence of blade thickness on the solid–liquid two-phase flow and impeller wear in a ceramic centrifugal slurry pump. The wear test was conducted for CFD validation. The numerical results show that the incident angles of solid particles increase with increasing blade thickness, which results in larger wrap angles of the solid particle trajectories. The increasing wrap angles of the solid particle trajectories offset the region that the collisions between the blade pressure side and the solid particles side take place towards the impeller exit and lead to more impacts between the solid particles and the blade suction side. The numerical results are in good accordance with the wear pattern of the tested impellers, which demonstrates that the numerical method adopted in this paper is predictable in the abrasion of the impeller of a ceramic centrifugal slurry pump. The experimental results show that an increase in the blade thickness alleviates the abrasion of the leading edges and the pressure side of the impeller blades; however, it also aggravates the abrasion of the blade suction side and decreases the pump performance.

Solid–liquid two-phase flow and erosion calculation of butterfly valves at small opening based on DEM method

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benliang Xu ◽  
Zuchao Zhu ◽  
Zhe Lin ◽  
Dongrui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Butterfly Valve ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Small Opening ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The study aims to decrease the effect of solid particles on a butterfly valve, which will cause seal failure and leakage, providing a reference for anti-wear design. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, computational fluid dynamics discrete element method (CFD-DEM) simulation was conducted to study the solid–liquid two-phase flow characteristics and erosion characteristics of a butterfly valve with a different opening. Findings Abrasion at 10% opening is affected by high-speed jets in upper and lower parts of the pipeline, where the erosion is intense. The impact of the jet on the upper part of 20% opening begins to weaken. With the top backflow vortex disappearing, the effect of lower jet is enhanced. Meanwhile, the bottom backflow vortex phenomenon is obvious, and the abrasion position moves downward. At 30% opening, the velocity is further weakened, and the circulation effect of lower flow channel is more obvious than that of the upper one. Originality/value It is the first time to use DEM to investigate the two-phase flow and erosion characteristics at a small opening of a butterfly valve, considering the effect of inter-particle collision. Therefore, this study carries on the thorough analysis and discussion. At the same opening degree, with increasing of the particle size, the abrasion of valve frontal surface increases when the size is less than 150 µm and decreases when it is greater than 150 µm. For the valve backflow surface, this boundary value becomes 200 µm. Peer review The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-07-2020-0264/

scholarly journals Numerical simulation of predicting and reducing solid particle erosion of solid-liquid two-phase flow in a choke

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guomei Li ◽  
Yueshe Wang ◽  
Renyang He ◽  
Xuewen Cao ◽  
Changzhi Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Solid Particle ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Solid Particle Erosion ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Particle Erosion ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Solid Liquid

Numeration Simulation of Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Centrifugal Sewerage Pump

2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 345-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Hua Liu ◽  
Ming Yi Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Solid Particle ◽  
Working Condition ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Operation Condition ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Solid Liquid

By Means of Fluent 6.3，the paper simulated the solid-liquid two-phase flow to a centrifugal sewerage pump，using Eulerian Mixture Model under different working condition and different particle size. The simulation draws some conclusion on distributive rules of solid particle inside impeller passage. The results for this simulation were as following: Distributive rules of solid particle inside impeller passage mainly relate to particle size. Meanwhile，the volume fraction of particles and operation condition have influence on distributive rules of solid particle. The simulated results can explain commendably that attrition took place inside pump passage when pump transported solid-liquid two-phase flow. Meanwhile，the simulated results have reference price to improve the design for pump and performance of pump.

Turbulent Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow Simulation With Turbulence Intensity and Time Scale Model

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Mansoori ◽  
M. Saffar-Avval ◽  
B. Nojabaii ◽  
F. Behzad ◽  
G. Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Time Scale ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Particle Collision ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Solid Liquid

Two-dimensional simulation of turbulent solid-liquid flow is carried out. The modeling is established for a two-phase flow of solid particles in a vertical pipe water flow. Governing equations of flow and turbulence field are solved in an Eulerian-Lagrangian approach by the use of k-τ (turbulence time scale) model and trajectories of the particles are obtained using the Lagrangian method with a deterministic inter-particle collision model. Comparison between the results of the model for mean and r.m.s velocities of the liquid and solid phase with the experimental results shows a good agreement. The effect of variation of particle density and concentration are studied.

scholarly journals Numerical Simulation of Fine Particle Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in a Centrifugal Pump

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Yanping Wang ◽  
Bozhou Chen ◽  
Ye Zhou ◽  
Jianfeng Ma ◽  
Xinglin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Internal Pressure ◽  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Fine Particle ◽  
Volume Concentration ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Solid Liquid

To study the effect of fine particle size and volume concentration on the performance of solid-liquid two-phase centrifugal pump, the mixture multiphase flow model, RNG k-ε turbulence model, and SIMPLEC algorithm were used to simulate the two-phase flow of the centrifugal pump. The effects of particle size and volume concentration on internal pressure distribution, solid volume distribution, and external characteristics were analyzed. The results show that under the design discharge conditions, with the increase of particle size and volume concentration, the internal pressure of the flow field will decrease, and the volume fraction of solid phase in the impeller passage will also decrease as a whole. The solid particles gradually migrate from the suction surface to the pressure surface, and the particles in the volute channel are mainly concentrated in the flow channel near the outlet side of the volute. With the increase of particle size and volume concentration, the negative pressure value at the inlet of centrifugal pump increases, the total pressure difference at the inlet and outlet decreases, and the head and efficiency decrease accordingly.

The Lifting Efficiency of Coarse Particles in Vertical Pipes

2011 ◽  
Vol 66-68 ◽  
pp. 1219-1224
Author(s):  
Hua Chen Pan ◽  
Xiao Qing Tian ◽  
Lei Wu
Keyword(s):  
Average Velocity ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Coarse Particles ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Average Speed ◽  
Solid Liquid ◽  
Moving Liquid ◽  
Pipe Vibration

A numerical method has been developed to analyze the solid-liquid two-phase flow with coarse particles in vertical pipes. Based on the numerical study, a concept of lifting efficiency has been suggested to describe the efficiency of lifting solid particles by the moving liquid. The lifting efficiency can be defined as, where vs is the average velocity of the solid particles and vl is the average speed of the liquid. It was found that when the liquid speed is lower than 3m/s, the lifting efficiency is increased when the liquid speed is increased. On the other hand if the liquid speed is more than 3m/s, the lifting efficiency will decrease if the liquid speed increases. It was also found that the speed of the particles will decrease if pipe vibration frequency is increased. However the lifting efficiency remains unchanged compared with the stationary pipes.

scholarly journals Dynamics and Wear Analysis of Hydraulic Turbines in Solid-liquid Two-phase Flow

Open Physics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 790-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liying Wang ◽  
Bingyao Li ◽  
Weiguo Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Guide Vane ◽  
Hydraulic Turbine ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Particle Model ◽  
Volume Distribution ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Solid Liquid

Abstract To solve unstable operating and serious wearing of a hydraulic turbine in its overflow parts under solid-liquid two-phase flow, a particle model software and an inhomogeneous model in CFX are used to simulate the hydraulic turbine to understand the wearing of overflow parts and the external characteristics under the solid-liquid two-phase flow. Eleven different conditions at different densities and concentration have been calculated. The simulation results show that the volume distribution of solid particles is larger at the turn of the volute and nose end, resulting in the serious wear in this area. Due to uniform flow at the butterfly edge of volute under solid-liquid two-phase flow, the wear at the entrance of guide vane, the inlet of the blade and the outlet in the shroud is more serious than in other sections. Meanwhile, the collision between the solid phase particles and the overflow components is more intense under solid-liquid two-phase flow in the rotor which can lead to cavitation especially in the outlet and shroud of the blade. In addition, with the increase of density and concentration of solid particles the inlet and outlet pressure difference gradually rises, causing the efficiency loss of the hydraulic turbine.

Numerical Simulation of Solid Particles Movement in the Axial Flow Impeller and Wear Experiment

2012 ◽  
Vol 152-154 ◽  
pp. 1572-1577
Author(s):  
De Sheng Zhang ◽  
Wei Dong Shi ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Fei Long
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Solid Particles ◽  
Pressure Side ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Performance Curves ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
Simplec Algorithm ◽  
Axial Flow Pump ◽  
Solid Liquid

The performance curves of a submersible axial flow pump were predicted based on mixture multiphase flow model, RNG k-ε turbulence model and SIMPLEC algorithm, and the solid-liquid two-phase flow in the impeller was simulated. The numerical results show that the performance prediction of the head and efficiency curves show good agreement with the experimental data in the whole flow rate range, and the solid particles in the impeller are mainly distributed on pressure side of blades, while less on the suction side.The solid particles are mainly concentrated in the blade inlet and region near the hub of the pressure side. The experimental results also show that the blade pressure sides have serious erosion, particularly near the hub, but less wear and tear on the suction side.The accuracy of the numerical simulation results are verified by the experiments.

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