Design and Numerical Simulation on Coupled Flow Field of Radial Turbine with Air-Inlet Volute

As one of the core components of turbocharger or micro-turbine, radial turbine has the features of small size and high rotation speed. In order to explore the design method and flow mechanism of the turbine with a volute, a centimeter-scale radial turbine with a vaneless air-inlet volute was designed and simulated numerically to investigate the characteristics of the coupled flow field. The results show that the wheel efficiency of single passage computation without the volute is 80.1%. After accounting for the factors of the loss caused by the volute and the interaction between each passage, the performance is more accurate according to the whole flow passage computation with the volute. High load region gathers at the mid-span and the efficiency declines to 76.6%. The performance of the volute whose structure angle of the trapezoid section is equal to 70 degree is better. Unlike uniform inlet condition in single passage, more appropriate inlet flow for the impeller is provided by the rectification effect of the volute in full passage calculation. Flow parameters are distributed more evenly along the blade span and are generally consistent between each passage at the outlet of the turbine.

Simulation of volute tongue of small-size centrifugal compressor

A high speed and small mass-flow-rate centrifugal compressor with original and modified volute tongue shape was simulated by 3D viscous Navier-Stokes equations.A sharp and a round tongue of volute were modeled to compare their pressure ratios and efficiency characteristics.The flow fields around volute tongues were investigated;the velocity and pressure distributions of volute inlet were studied by unsteady simulation.Static pressure fluctuation near volute tongue was monitored and transformed into amplitude spectrum to identify blade passing frequency influence.The results show that the tongue simplification can cause certain difference on pressure ratio and efficiency.The pressure and velocity distribution of volute inlet indicate obvious circumferential distortion due to volute tongue especially at low mass flow rate.In addition,the static pressure pulsation of volute inlet and the noise level in diffuser and volute increase significantly under low mass flow operating condition.

CFD Investigation of the Influence of Volute Geometrical Variations on Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Circulator Pump

Improper design of volute geometry can be the main cause that leads to unsteady pressure pulsation and radial force in pumps. Therefore, it is important to understand the influence of volute geometrical parameters on hydrodynamic characteristics of pump and the mechanism. However, the existing studies are limited to investigate the influence of only one or two volute geometrical parameters each time, and a systematic study of the influence of the combinations of different volute geometrical parameters on the pump＇s hydrodynamic characteristics is missing. In this paper, a study on the understanding of the influence of volute geometrical variations on hydrodynamic characteristics of a high speed circulator pump by using computational fluid dynamics（CFD） technology is presented. Five main volute geometrical parameters D3, A8, a0, j0 and Rt are selected and 25 different volute configurations are generated by using design of experiments（DOE） method. The 3D unsteady flow numerical simulations, which are based on the SST k-w turbulence model and sliding mesh technique provided by CFX, are executed on the 25 different volute configurations. The hydraulic performance, pressure pulsation and unsteady radial force inside the pump at design condition are obtained and analyzed. It has been found that volute geometrical parameters D3 and A8 are major influence factors on hydrodynamic characteristics of the pump, while a0, j0 and Rt are minor influence factors. The minimum contribution from both D3 and A8 is 58% on head, and maximum contribution from both D3 and A8 is 90% on pressure pulsation. Regarding the pressure pulsation intensity, two peaks can be found. One is in the tongue area and the other is in the diffusor area. The contributions are around 60% from tongue and 25% from diffusor, respectively. The amplitude of pressure pulsation has a quadratic polynomial functional relationship with respect to D3/D2 and A8/A（10）, and fluctuating level of radial force has a quadratic polynomial functional relationship with respect to D3/D2. While for the other volute parameters a0, j0 and Rt, no special function has been found related to pressure pulsation and radial force. The presented work could be a useful guideline in engineering practice when designing a circulator pump with low hydrodynamic force.

Influence of Cross-Sectional Flow Area of Annular Volute Casing on Transient Characteristics of Ceramic Centrifugal Pump

The annular volute is typically used in a slurry pump to reduce the collisions between solid particles and the volute tongue and to achieve a better resistance to blocking. However, only limited studies regarding annular volutes are available, and there is no systematic design method for annular volutes. In this study, the influence of volute casing cross-sectional flow area on the hydraulic loss, pressure pulsations, and radial force under varying working conditions in a centrifugal ceramic pump are discussed in detail. Experimental tests were conducted to validate the numerical results. The results indicated that, when the volute casing flow area increases, the hydraulic performance decreases marginally under the rated working conditions, but increases at the o-design points, specifically under large flow condition. However, the volute casing with a larger flow area has a wider high-e ciency region. In addition, the increase in the volute casing flow area will decrease the pressure pulsations in the volute, regardless of the working condition, and decrease the radial force on the shaft, therefore, providing an improved pump operational stability. It is anticipated that this study will be of benefit during the design of annular volutes.

Study on Energy Conversion Characteristics in Volute of Pump as Turbine

A volute is a curved funnel with cross-sectional area increasing towards the discharge port.The volute of a centrifugal pump is the casing hosting the fluid being pumped by the impeller.In Pump-as-turbine devices(PAT),vice versa the volute plays the role of energy conversion element.In the present analysis,this process is analyzed using CFD.The results show that in the contraction section of volute the conversion between dynamic pressure energy and static pressure energy essentially depends on the reduction of flow area,while in the spiral section,frictional losses also play a significant role.From the throat to the end of the volute,the flow decreases in a wave-like manner.

A Study on the Unsteady Flow Characteristics and Energy Conversion in the Volute of a Pump-as-Turbine Device

To study the unsteady flow and related energy conversion process in the volute of a pump-as-turbine(PAT)device,six different working conditions have been considered.Through numerical calculation,the spatio-temporal variation of static pressure,dynamic pressure,total pressure and turbulent energy dissipation have been determined in each section of the volute.It is concluded that the reduction of the total power of two adjacent sections of the PAT volute is equal to the sum of the power lost by the fluid while moving from one section to the other and the power output from the two adjacent sections.For a fixed flow rate,the percentage of static pressure energy at the outlet of the PAT is roughly similar to that of the corresponding volute section,and both show a gradually increasing trend.The turbulent dissipation rate on each section of the PAT volute displays a similar a spatio-temporal behavior for different flow rates.

The Numerical Simulation of Gas Turbine Inlet-Volute Flow Field

The structural and aerodynamic performance of the air inlet volute has an important influence on the performance of the gas turbine. On one hand, it requires the airflow flowing through inlet volute as even as possible, in order to reduce the pressure loss, to avoid a decrease in the effective output power and an increase of the fuel consumption rate of the internal combustion engine which indicate the inefficiency of the entire power unit;On the other hand, it requires the size of the inlet volute to be as small as possible in order to save mounting space and production costs. The thesis builds the structure model and develops flow fields numerical simulation of several different sizes of the inlet volutes. Further, the unreasonable aerodynamic structure is improved according to the flow field characteristics and thereby, a better aerodynamic performance of the inlet volute is obtained.

PREDICTION OF PUMP CHARACTERISTICS ACCORDING TO GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS OF IMPELLER AND VOLUTE CASING

The geometrical parameters of impeller or volute casing (including guide vane ofmultistage pump) have a great effect on pump characteristics, but ultimately. the pump characteris-tics are determined by the geometrical parameters of impeller and volute casing cooperatively. Inthis essay the effect of impeller and volute casing on pump characteristics will be studiedquantitatvely from the angle cf optimal matching of them.

多翼离心风机蜗壳气动性能与出风均匀性优化设计

以某型号风暖浴霸吹风系统的多翼离心风机为研究对象,利用ANSYS Fluent 2020 R2对原型风机的出口风量与均匀度进行仿真分析,结果显示仿真与实测误差在5%以内,验证了用CFD数值模拟方法来优化浴霸多翼离心风机的可靠性.将蜗壳型线参数化,通过正交试验设计,针对蜗舌放置角α、蜗舌半径R、等角螺线常数A(蜗壳周向面积)与风轮移动距离L(蜗舌与叶轮间隙)4个因素,制定了16组参数组合方案并进行了CFD数值模拟,得到各方案的出口风量与均匀度,并由均值与极差分析确定了最优参数组合.通过数值计算结果可知,优化后的风机在蜗舌附近区域湍流强度减小,内部流动改善.测试结果显示,优化后的风机出口风量提升7.3%,均匀度提升4.5%,全压效率提升5.9%.显著提升了风暖浴霸离心风机的出风性能和出口风速分布均匀性,对提高风暖浴霸取暖效率和增强人体舒适性有重要意义.

导叶安装角度对离心泵叶轮结构特性的影响

为提高带导叶蜗壳式离心泵的运行稳定性,研究了不同导叶安装角度对离心泵性能及叶轮结构力学响应的影响.以某带导叶蜗壳泵为研究对象,首先对其进行流场数值模拟,再通过静态和瞬态结构分析模块将水压力载荷导入叶轮结构,以实现单向流固耦合分析,研究不同导叶安装角度下叶轮变形与等效应力变化规律,最后通过模态分析研究叶轮结构的振动特性.结果表明:随着导叶安装角度减小,泵的高效区向小流量工况偏移,并且最高效率逐渐增大,最大提高2.1%;单向流固耦合分析得到的稳态结果与瞬态结果规律一致,其中叶轮最大变形量和最大等效应力值都随流量的增大而减小,在设计工况附近,都随导叶安装角度的减小而减小,最大差值为3.3%,且最大等效应力值变化的幅值较小;预应力对叶轮干模态固有频率的影响可忽略不计,与干模态对比,湿模态下的固有频率有较显著下降.

基于曲率控制前缘的离心泵压力脉动及水力性能分析

蜗壳式离心泵作为流体输送的核心设备,压力脉动及水利性能对泵的稳定性、噪声、寿命等有重大影响。结合曲率控制前缘的设计方法,按增长率1.19%、0.47%、0.32%设计,建立前缘轴长比为0.96、2.11、3.11、4.11的蜗壳式离心泵,以SSTκ-ω模型定常计算结果为初始条件,进行κ-εRNG模型非定常分析,通过频域图分析蜗壳式离心泵压力脉动,并通过矢量云图分析水力性能。结果表明:设计的模型最佳流量为35 m 3/h,设计效率与模拟效率误差仅为2%;前缘轴长比不同,流道内压力扩散有差异;前缘轴长比为3.11时出口压力脉动偏低,低频区更易产生压力脉动;前缘轴长比为0.96时,压力脉动范围偏小,适用于一定流量范围内扬程变化较大的工况。

进出口流道对轴流泵性能影响的数值模拟分析

冷却剂流态是影响核主泵装置工作性能的重要因素,而进出水流道的结构影响着进出水流态。在保证叶轮和导叶结构不变的情况下,探究不同的进出口流道结构对泵水力性能的影响。本文基于SST k-ω湍流模型和SIMPLEC算法,使用三个常用的商业计算流体力学软件对采用不同入口弯管、蜗壳和出口直管的轴流泵进行网格无关性分析和全流域稳态数值计算。经计算,两个模型的外特性参数一致,流量特性曲线几乎重合,且轴流泵的进出水流态相似。不同商业流体力学计算软件得到的曲线和云图的趋势一致,各软件计算误差均在5%以内,证明本次研究中进出口结构改型对泵的水力性能没有产生明显的影响。

用于图像超分辨率的轻量级残差平衡蒸馏网络

现有利用卷积神经网络的单幅图像超分辨率重建技术,普遍存在参数量大计算成本高等问题,阻碍了实际场景的应用,因此提出一种轻量级蓝图可分离残差平衡蒸馏网络(BSRBDN)。首先,引入蓝图可分离卷积并提出多尺度渐进特征蒸馏连接结构,在提取深层特征的同时减少冗余运算。其次,设计了对比度平衡注意块、大内核空间注意力块和像素融合模块,激活高频信息增强边缘细节特征。最后,设计了轻量级蓝图可分离残差平衡蒸馏网络快速精准的完成图像重建。实验结果显示网络在保持更好的性能和主观视觉效果的同时,大大降低了参数与计算量。

蜗壳门模型物理场实时监测

蜗壳门的运行状态显著影响着水轮机的进水情况。因此,监测其运行状态可保障机组安全稳定运行至关重要。为提升蜗壳门运行状态监测的效果,需要构建一套兼具高精度、高实时性的蜗壳门物理场实时监测系统。运用有限元分析技术,以现场的监测数据为基础,再利用代理模型技术,构建高精度的蜗壳门物理场实时监测系统,从而实现蜗壳门真实物理模型与数字模型的毫秒级别、高精度的实时仿真。结果表明,通过运用蜗本监测体系用,实现了蜗壳门的高精度、高实时性的运行状态物理场监测。

基于行为克隆的高通量卫星通信频谱资源分配

为应对在高通量多波束卫星系统中,随着波束数量和用户规模的扩大,频谱资源分配问题的维度急剧增加和求解复杂度呈指数级上升这一挑战,提出了一种结合行为克隆与深度强化学习的两阶段算法。第一阶段基于行为克隆,利用已有卫星资源分配决策数据对策略网络进行预训练,通过模仿专家行为减少盲目探索,加快算法收敛。第二阶段基于近端策略优化,进一步优化策略网络,并通过引入卷积注意力模块有效地提取用户业务状态特征,以提升算法整体性能。仿真结果表明,所提算法在收敛速度和算法稳定性方面均优于其他基准算法,并在系统时延、系统平均满意度和频谱效率等性能指标上表现更佳。

Lotus root-like RuIr alloys with close-packed(0001)branches:Strain-driven performance for acidic water oxidation

Achieving composition tunability and structure editability of nanoalloys with high level strain may be an efficient strategy to remarkably boost catalytic performance toward oxygen evolution reaction(OER)in acidic water oxidation.Herein,lotus root-like RuIr alloys with native micro-strain were constructed by an epitaxial growth of Ru-richened hcp-(0001)branches on Ir-richened fcc-(111)seeds using a polyol thermal synthesis strategy.The resultant Ru_(60)Ir_(40) alloy shows an OER overpotential of 197 mV at 10 mA cm^(-2) and a Tafel slope of 46.59 mV dec^(-1),showing no obvious activity decay for 80 h continuous chronopotentiometry test in 0.5 M H_(2)SO_(4).The related characterizations including X-ray absorption fine structure(XAFS)spectroscopy and density functional theory(DFT)calculations show that that the remarkably improved activity of the lotus root-like alloy can be attributed to the(0001)facet-triggered strain,which can efficiently optimize the electronic band structure of the active metal and the weakening of the chemisorption of oxygen-containing substances to boost OER electrocatalysis.Therefore,this work provides a new strategy to designing a class of advanced electrocatalysts with high strain using diverse nanostructures as building materials for carbon-free clean energy conversion systems.

大型不锈钢蜗壳的铸造工艺优化设计

根据不锈钢蜗壳铸件的结构特点,设计了开放式浇注系统。采用CAE软件对不锈钢蜗壳铸件的浇注和凝固过程进行数值计算,预测铸件缺陷可能出现的位置,并针对铸件的缺陷进行了铸造工艺方案的优化,确定冒口、冷铁、铬铁矿砂以及合适的浇注温度和充型速度等工艺参数,生产出满足设计要求的铸件,为类似铸件的生产提供参考。

蜗舌深度对离心风机气动性能和噪声影响研究

针对新风空调离心风机功率高、噪声大的问题,基于CFD仿真与试验研究了不同蜗舌深度对离心风机气动性能和噪声的影响,并着重对A10,A30,A40共3种方案蜗壳在25~60 m^(3)/h流量范围内风机性能和噪声水平进行了分析。结果表明,蜗舌深度优化后,在额定流量45 m^(3)/h工况下,仿真全压值提高5 Pa,全压效率提高17.28%,试验测试功率降低7.8 W,噪声降低1.7 dB;合理选择蜗舌深度能够改善蜗壳扩压段处流动,提高风机气动性能,同时降低风机噪声。研究结果可为离心风机设计提供指导。

导叶安放位置对离心泵蜗壳水力损失影响的数值研究

针对导叶安放位置对蜗壳水力损失影响的问题,对不同导叶安放位置下离心泵水动力特性进行了数值分析,并加以试验验证。首先,选取了5组不同的导叶安放位置,并开展了外特性试验以验证数值模拟结果的准确性;其次,基于数值模拟结果,分析了导叶安放位置对过流部件总压降变化的影响规律;然后,采用回转面展开的方式,研究了不同导叶位置下蜗壳进口来流条件变化,分析了导叶位置对蜗壳来流的影响;最后,分析蜗壳流道由进口至出口的总压变化规律,结合流场分布分析了导叶位置对蜗壳水力损失影响规律。研究结果表明:不同导叶位置下离心泵扬程和效率最大差异分别约为4.8%和3.5%;受蜗壳出口段漩涡影响严重,蜗壳水力损失变化明显高于其他部件;在θd 4位置时,出口段漩涡影响最小,蜗壳水力损失显著下降;隔舌位于导叶流道中间位置时,蜗壳来流均匀,蜗壳水力损失显著下降,泵性能更优。