Coast-Down Modeling of Canned Motor Based on Torque Behavior Study

The coast-down behavior is specially designed to satisfy the certain flow requirements in a special kind of canned motor pump when it is used in primary reactor coolant system. However, coast-down models once used are not suitable for designing ultra-large canned motor pumps with flywheels, in which case rotor's fluid resistance of canned motor is modeled by an empirical constant. When the size of canned motor increases, the error of empirical relationship becomes remarkable. In thrall to material's density and strength, flow resistance of coast-down behavior should be dynamically modeled accurately to reduce the demands of materials. In this paper, an improved analytical model is proposed to study barbell-like canned motor's coast-down characteristic based on basic torque behavior researches in Taylor-Couette flow and hydraulic coupler, where bearing's resistance is ignored. This model takes geometric and kinematic parameters into consideration. In addition, the influence of pressure and temperature is coupled into this coast-down model by using Reolands' viscosity relationship.Based on this model, coast-down behavior is studied and parameters sensitivity analysis is conducted from design view point. Parameters sensitivity analysis indicates that the density and distribution of materials have more remarkable influence on coast-down behavior compared with working condition and geometric parameters.

Stability of the axial-auto-balanced impeller of centrifugal pump

The pump is one of the most important energy consuming devices in an energy system. The axial force on a centrifugal pump is an important factor for improving the operation stability and the service life. Based on the Bernoulli’s equation, the formulas of the axial clearance are derived theoretically. The relationship between the impeller axial force, the clearance leakage flow rate and the axial clearance is obtained. The motion differential equation of the axial-auto-balanced impeller is established by the number axis modeling method. The asymptotic stability of the impeller is evaluated by the Lyapunov stability analysis. The transient simulation of the axial-auto-balanced impeller is carried out by the method of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the dynamic mesh technology. The time required for the impeller to reach the stable state under different conditions is calculated. The effective values of the axial force are determined. This research is useful to improve the operation stability of the pump.