Analysis of novel low specific speed pump designs

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F14%3APU111835" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/14:PU111835 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://iopscience.iop.org/1755-1315/22/1/012010/pdf/1755-1315_22_1_012010.pdf" target="_blank" >http://iopscience.iop.org/1755-1315/22/1/012010/pdf/1755-1315_22_1_012010.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/22/1/012010" target="_blank" >10.1088/1755-1315/22/1/012010</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Analysis of novel low specific speed pump designs

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Centrifugal pumps with very low specific speed present significant design challenges. Narrow blade channels, large surface area of hub and shroud discs relative to the blade area, and the presence of significant of blade channel vortices are typical features linked with the difficulty to achieve head and efficiency requirements for such designs. This paper presents an investigation of two novel designs of very low specific speed impellers: impeller having blades with very thick trailing edges and impeller with thick trailing edges and recirculating channels, which are bored along the impeller circumference. Numerical simulations and experimental measurements were used to study the flow dynamics of those new designs. It was shown that thick trailing edges suppress local eddies in the blade channels and decrease energy dissipation due to excessive swirling. Furthermore the recirculating channels will increase the circumferential velocity component on impeller outlet thus increasing the specific energy, albeit adversely affecting the hydraulic efficiency. Analysis of the energy dissipation in the volute showed that the number of the recirculating channels, their geometry and location, all have significant impact on the magnitude of dissipated energy and its distribution which in turn influences the shape of the head curve and the stability of the pump operation. Energy dissipation within whole pump interior (blade channels, volute, rotor-stator gaps) was also studied.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Analysis of novel low specific speed pump designs

Popis výsledku anglicky

Centrifugal pumps with very low specific speed present significant design challenges. Narrow blade channels, large surface area of hub and shroud discs relative to the blade area, and the presence of significant of blade channel vortices are typical features linked with the difficulty to achieve head and efficiency requirements for such designs. This paper presents an investigation of two novel designs of very low specific speed impellers: impeller having blades with very thick trailing edges and impeller with thick trailing edges and recirculating channels, which are bored along the impeller circumference. Numerical simulations and experimental measurements were used to study the flow dynamics of those new designs. It was shown that thick trailing edges suppress local eddies in the blade channels and decrease energy dissipation due to excessive swirling. Furthermore the recirculating channels will increase the circumferential velocity component on impeller outlet thus increasing the specific energy, albeit adversely affecting the hydraulic efficiency. Analysis of the energy dissipation in the volute showed that the number of the recirculating channels, their geometry and location, all have significant impact on the magnitude of dissipated energy and its distribution which in turn influences the shape of the head curve and the stability of the pump operation. Energy dissipation within whole pump interior (blade channels, volute, rotor-stator gaps) was also studied.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20704 - Energy and fuels

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EE2.3.30.0005" target="_blank" >EE2.3.30.0005: Podpora tvorby excelentních týmů mezioborového výzkumu na VUT</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2014

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Earth and Environmental Science

ISBN

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ISSN

1755-1315

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

1-11

Název nakladatele

IOP Science

Místo vydání

Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Ir

Místo konání akce

Montreal

Datum konání akce

22. 9. 2014

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

000347441900010