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.

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.

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.

Effect of bionic mantis shrimp groove volute on vortex pump pressure pulsation

In order to reduce pressure pulsation of vortex pumps,the mantis shrimp was chosen as biological prototype and a bionic engineering model was developed from its abdominal segment grooves.Bionic mantis shrimp groove volute vortex pump models with different numbers of grooves were developed,and numerical simulation methods were used to calculate the models to study the effects of the volute grooves on the pressure pulsation of a vortex pump.The results show that a bionic groove volute could effectively improve the pressure pulsation of a vortex pump outlet,and reduce the pressure pulsation around the pump’s tongue and other internal points.The pressure pulsation under different conditions is impacted by shaft frequency and blade frequency.The bionic groove structure has little effect on the external characteristics of the pump,but could improve the static pressure,velocity distribution,and vortex structure of the flow field.Additionally,pressure pulsation of the whole vortex pump is reduced.

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.

Optimization of Gas Turbine Exhaust Volute Flow Loss

The exhaust volute is a device that can change the exhaust direction of the ship’s gas turbine to reduce the flow loss of the high-temperature and high-speed turbine exhaust gas in the box-type exhaust volute,thereby improving its power output performance.This paper first investigates the internal flow field characteristics of the exhaust volute via numerical simulation and reveals the main source of the internal resistance loss of the volute.On the premise of not affecting the installation size of the volute and matching it with other components in the cabin,the design scheme of volute bottom shunt and volute chamfer are then optimized in accordance with the flow characteristics inside the volute.Numerical simulation results show that the partial flow structure at the bottom of the volute can effectively improve the low-velocity region and the vortex flow at the bottom of the volute,and the chamfered angle scheme can control the regular expansion and compression of the airflow.When the volute adopts the appropriate chamfer angle and the bottom split-flow structure,the total pressure loss can be reduced by 19.6%,and the static pressure recovery coefficient can be increased by 42.05%.

Application of New Type Pre-classification Hydrocyclone with Centrifugal Volute in Grinding Process

Hydrocyclone is widely used in closed-circuit grinding process. However, in the first classification operation of coarse particles with high pulp density, the shortcomings of traditional cyclone are that the grinding cycle load is much high, the apex of cyclone is easily to be blocked and classification efficiency is less. Specifically, the problems of traditional cyclone used in grinding process are as follows： （1） Mill utilization factor is low and its handling capacity is small; （2） Coarse particles mixing in cyclone overflow affects the following separation process and fine particles mixing in underflow causes over-grinding, which affects the total recovery rate of valuable minerals; （3） High grinding cycle load leads to large amount of high-density slurry pumping, which causes high energy consumption and severe wear of cyclones, pipelines and pumps. The applications of new type pre-classification hydrocyclone with centrifugal volute in the first classification process of iron mine mill are introduced in the paper. Pulp particles fed in the centrifugal volute are arranged in advance, so that coarse particles can be far away from the overflow pipe, which can reduce the short circuit current to avoid coarse particles entering overflow and improve classification efficiency and accuracy of cyclone. The strong points of the new cyclone in the coarse classification operation are as follows： （1） Finer overflow and less fine particles mixing in underflow improves classification efficiency more than 10%; （2） Lower ball mill load cycle improves ball capacity more than 10%; （3） Grinding energy consumption reduces by more than 20% and cyclone feed pump reduces energy consumption by more than 12%. In short, new type pre-classification cyclone with centrifugal volute solves the problems of fine particles mixing in underflow, high grinding cycle load and less classification efficiency in the coarse classification operation. Therefore, it has broad application prospects in ferrous metal and non-ferrous metal ore dressing plant.

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.

Faut-il enseigner la Révolution?

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Les femmes dans la Révolution francaise

Nous savons encore peu de choses sur la place qu＇ont les femmes dansla francaise, sur leur participation aux qui ont I＇ de la France dans la . Certes quelques noms de femmes qui ont un pendant la flottent dans la commune: Marie-An-toinette, Manon Rolland, Charlotte Corday etc…En les prenant pour

L^p MIXED-NORM ESTIMATES FOR CONVOLUTION OPERATOR DEFINED BY SINGULAR MEASURES

Let F be a C^∞ curve in IR^n and μ be the measure induced by Lebesgue measure on F, multiplied by a smooth cut-off function. In this paper, we will prove some mixednorm estimates based on the average decay estimates of the Fourier transform of μ.

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.

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.

基于POD/DMD降阶模型的离心泵蜗壳内非稳态流动分析

为深入研究离心泵蜗壳内非线性耦合流动的本质流动特征,本文以一单级单吸式离心泵蜗壳为研究对象,分别采用本征正交分解和动态模态分解2种降阶模型对蜗壳内非定常流场数据进行模态分析,获取流场主导流动结构,并对原流场进行重构。研究发现:蜗壳内流结构主要由速度正负交错,并且周期性特征与叶频及其倍频相关的成对涡旋组成。本征正交分解和动态模态分解方法均可以捕捉流场主要流动结构,并对原流场进行准确还原,两者重构流场与原流场的均方根误差均在0.4%以内。尽管本征正交分解方法在重构流场时整体均方根误差更小,但无法获取单频率流动结构,而动态模态分解方法可以获得不同频率流动结构对流场的贡献,从而捕捉到复杂流场中的不稳定模态。研究成果可以为增强离心泵全局流动的认知、关键水力部件优化设计及发展主/被动流动控制提供理论参考。

密度导向的点云动态图卷积网络

针对现有主流网络对于点云局部特征提取的能力不足,以及在特征提取过程中未考虑点云密度的问题,提出一种密度导向的点云动态图卷积网络.首先提出点云局部密度指数的概念,衡量点及其邻域点在相应的空间位置中的密集程度;然后利用局部密度指数动态赋予每个点一个膨胀因子,提出密度导向的动态点分组方法对点云构建局部图结构,对每个局部图结构构造动态边缘卷积模块进行特征的提取与聚合,既提取了点云的几何特征,又实现了置换不变性;最后采用残差网络的思想优化图神经网络的过平滑问题.实验结果表明,在分类数据集ModelNet40与ScanObjectNN上,所提网络的分类准确率分别为93.5%和82.2%;在分割数据集ShapeNet与S3DIS上,该网络的平均交并比分别为85.6%和60.4%,均高于DGCNN等主流网络;所提网络在多项任务中的精度都得到显著提升,且在处理密度不均的点云时有较好的鲁棒性,验证了所提算法的可行性与有效性.

基于熵产理论的隔舌几何特征对低比转速PAT能量损失的影响

为了探究蜗壳隔舌对泵作透平的水力性能影响,提高泵反转透平的性能。以一比转速为69的单级单吸离心泵反转作透平为研究对象。对隔舌安放角和隔舌半径等几何特征设计了包含原模型在内的9种方案,采用SST k-ω模型,对各方案进行全流道数值模拟,并引入熵产诊断分析方法,分析各方案下透平的压头、效率以及内部流场的变化规律。研究结果表明:在透平叶轮及其他部件不变的情况下,当蜗壳隔舌安放角在一定范围内增大时,在较大流量范围内,液力透平的压头明显会减小;在该透平中,当隔舌半径为1.5 mm时,叶轮与蜗壳内部的熵产损失减小,使透平效率增加。

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。