3D Particle Image Velocimetry Test of Inner Flow in a Double Blade Pump Impeller

The double blade pump is widely used in sewage treatment industry,however,the research on the internal flow characteristics of the double blade pump with particle image velocimetry（PIV） technology is very little at present.To reveal inner flow characteristics in double blade pump impeller under off-design and design conditions,inner flows in a double blade pump impeller,whose specific speed is 111,are measured under the five off-design conditions and design condition by using 3D PIV test technology.In order to ensure the accuracy of the 3D PIV test,the external trigger synchronization system which makes use of fiber optic and equivalent calibration method are applied.The 3D PIV relative velocity synthesis procedure is compiled by using Visual C＋＋ 2005.Then absolute velocity distribution and relative velocity distribution in the double blade pump impeller are obtained.Test results show that vortex exists in each condition,but the location,size and velocity of vortex core are different.Average absolute velocity value of impeller outlet increases at first,then decreases,and then increases again with increase of flow rate.Again average relative velocity values under 0.4,0.8,and 1.2 design condition are higher than that under 1.0 design condition,while under 0.6 and 1.4 design condition it is lower.Under low flow rate conditions,radial vectors of absolute velocities at impeller outlet and blade inlet near the pump shaft decrease with increase of flow rate,while that of relative velocities at the suction side near the pump shaft decreases.Radial vectors of absolute velocities and relative velocities change slightly under the two large flow rate conditions.The research results can be applied to instruct the hydraulic optimization design of double blade pumps.

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS AND VISCOUS FLOW ANALYSIS OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS

A non-overload centrifugal pump has been invented to solve the long-existingoverload problem of low specific speed centrifugal pumps when operating at greater flow andlower head than normal. The performance characteristics of non-overload centrifugal pumpsand the ordinary ones are introduced, and the test results are given here. By I. Khalil's numencalmethod, in hub-shroud plane using potential flow calculation to determine flow surface positionand in blade-blade plane using revised k turbulence model, the inner flow of non-overloadcentnfugal pumps and the ordinary ones are respectively calculated. The numerical simulationshows that the inner flow situates are completely different under the two cases. And there existsremarkable inner flow characteristics of non-overload centrifugal impellers but with neither flowseparation nor apparent wake flow, therefore, the lower efficiency attributes to the larger hydrau-lic friction loss due to larger blade wrapping angle.

Numerical simulation of flow in swirl injector for power-law fluid

In order to investigate the flow characteristics of swirl injectors for gelled propellants,which actually behaved as non-Newtonian power-law fluid,a swirl axisymmetric model was established to solve Navier-Stokes equations and VOF(volume of fluid) equation,and the power-law constitutive equation was used to describe the rheology characteristics of the gelled propellants.The film thickness and velocity distribution in the swirl injector under different flow conditions were studied numerically.The simulation results show that the increased geometry characteristic parameter of the swirl injector contributes to the decrease of liquid film thickness.The liquid film thickness is almost independent of the pressure drop.The rheologic parameters have great influences on the inner flow of swirl injector: by increasing the fluid consistency index K and power index n,both the axial and the swirl velocities decrease dramatically;higher fluid consistency index K and power index n make the liquid film thickness increase.When the viscosity is large enough,the air core in the injector would vanish.