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ZHAO Binjuan
School of Energy and Power Engineering,
Jiangsu University,
Zhenjiang 212013, China
UAN Shouqi
LIU Houlin
TAN Minggao
Research Center of Fluid Machinery
Engineering and Technology,
Jiangsu University,
Zhenjiang 212013, China |
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL COUPLED IMPELLER-VOLUTE SIMULATION OF FLOW IN
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND PERFORMANCE PREDICTION*
Abstract: A three-dimensional turbulent flow through an entire centrifugal pump is simulated using k-e turbulence model modified by rotation and curvature, SIMPLEC method and body-fitted coordinate. The velocity and pressure fields are obtained for the pump under various working conditions, which is used to predict the head and hydraulic efficiency of the pump, and the results correspond well with the measured values. The calculation results indicate that the pressure is higher on the pressure side than that on the suction side of the blade; The relative velocity on the suction side gradually decreases from the impeller inlet to the outlet, while increases on the pressure side, it finally results in the lower relative velocity on the suction side and the higher one on the pressure side at the impeller outlet; The impeller flow field is asymmetric, i.e. the velocity and pressure fields are totally different among all channels in the impeller; In the volute, the static pressure gradually increases with the flow route, and a large pressure gratitude occurs in the tongue; Secondary flow exists in the rear part of the spiral.
Key words:
Centrifugal pump Numerical simulation Performance prediction Secondary flow |