Improving Suction Performance of Centrifugal Pumps by Using Jetting Device

Improving the suction performance of centrifugal pumps by using jetting device is presented. The theoretical analysis, experimental study and engineering implementation show that suction performance of centrifugal pump can be improved with jetting device and be used for delivering the liquid media requiring high suction performance, whereas the efficiency and head of the pump will decrease a little. The effect of feed-back jetting on suction performance is the most obvious at design point. The suitable rate of feed-back flow is 2%-5%.

A Numerical Study on the Effect of the Backflow Hole Position on the Performances of a Self-Priming Pump

A self-priming pump is a centrifugal pump that has the ability to prime itself. Typically, its performance dependson the configuration of its reflux hole. In this study, the ANSYS FLUENT software is used to investigate the effectsof three different radial positions of the reflux hole on gas-liquid two-phase distribution, pressure pulsation, andimp during self-priming. The research results indicate that: (1) The effective channel size for the reflux liquid toenter the volute varies depending on the location of the reflux hole. The effect of the impeller rotation on thereflux liquid becomes more obvious as the setting distance of the reflux aperture decreases. (2) The position ofthe reflux hole significantly affects the gas phase mass fraction inside the impeller, resulting in a significant reductionin the time it takes for the mass fraction to exceed 80%. (3) The position of the reflux hole significantly affectsthe average pressure on each monitoring surface. (4) Placing the reflux hole at a excessively distant radial distancecan result in an excessive vertical component. (5) The self-priming performance of the pump can be improved tosome extent by placing the return hole at a small radial distance.

Numerical Investigation on the Influence of Nozzle Lip Thickness on the Flow Field and Performance of an Annular Jet Pump

The performance of an annular jet pump( AJP) is determined by its area ratio A( ratio of cross sectional area of throat and annular nozzle) and flow rate ratio q( ratio of primary and secondary flow rate,Qs/Qj),while the nozzle lip thickness is neglected in the present studies. This paper presents a study on the effect of the thickness on the flow field and performance of an AJP with A = 1. 75. With the increasing flow rate ratio and nozzle lip thickness,a small vortex forms at the nozzle lip and keeps on growing. However,as the flow rate ratio or nozzle lip thickness is extremely low,the vortex at the lip vanishes thoroughly. Moreover,the recirculation width varies conversely with the nozzle lip thickness when the flow rate ratio q ≤ 0. 13. While the deviation of the recirculation width with different nozzle lip thickness is negligible with q ≥ 0. 13. Additionally the existence of nozzle lip hinders the momentum exchange between the primary and secondary flow and leads to a mutation of velocity gradient near the nozzle exit,which shift the recirculation downstream. Finally,based on the numerical results of the streamwise and spanwise vortex distributions in the suction chamber, the characteristics of the mixing process and the main factors accounting for the AJP performance are clarified.

Cavitation of a Submerged Jet at the Spherical Valve Plate/Cylinder Block Interface for Axial Piston Pump

The spherical valve plate/cylinder block pair has the advantages of strong overturning resistance and large bearing area.However,the configurations of the unloading and pre-boosting triangular grooves on the spherical valve plate are different from those in the planar valve plate,resulting in special cavitation phenomenon on the spherical port plate pair.In order to study cavitation characteristics of spherical port plate pair,a dynamic CFD model of the piston pump including turbulence model,cavitation model and fluid compressibility is established.A detailed UDF compilation scheme is provided for modelling of the micron-sized spherical oil film mesh,which makes up for the lack of research on the meshing of the spherical oil film.In this paper,using CFD simulation tools,from the perspectives of pressure field,velocity field and gas volume fraction change,a detailed analysis of the transient evolution of the submerged cavitation jet in a axial piston pump with spherical valve plate is carried out.The study indicates the movement direction of the cavitation cloud cluster through the cloud image and the velocity vector direction of the observation point.The sharp decrease of velocity and gas volume fraction indicates the collapse phenomenon of bubbles on the part wall surface.These discoveries verify the special erosion effect in case of the spherical valve plate/cylinder block pair.The submerged cavitation jet generated by the unloading triangular grooves distributed on the spherical valve plate not only cause denudation of the inner wall surface of the valve plate,but also cause strong impact and denudation on the lower surface of the cylinder body.Finally,the direction of the unloading triangular groove was modified to extend the distance between it and the wall surface which can effectively alleviate the erosion effect.

Compact Pneumatic Pulse-Jet Pump with Venturi-Like Reverse Flow Diverter

A compact pneumatic pulse-jet pump with a Venturi-like reverse flow diverter,which consists of a nozzle and diffuser,is designed for lifting and transporting a hazardous fluid through a narrow mounting hole.The pumping performance for a liquid mixture or a liquid-solid mixture is examined in terms of the effects of liquid viscosity,particle mass concentration,lifting height,and compression pressure.Results reveal that the pumping performance of the compact pneumatic pulse-jet pump is controlled by jet inertia and the flow resistance of the riser tube positioned after the diffuser.The capacity of the compact pneumatic pulse-jet pump increases with compression pressure and decreases with liquid viscosity.However,even for a liquid mixture with a high viscosity of 7.38 mPa·s,a pumping capacity of 170.7 L·h-1 was observed.For a liquid mixture,two dimensionless indices of performance were found to be the ratio of Euler numbers Euout/EuDV and the suction factor q.As the liquid-solid mixture was lifted to elevation of 6.74 m by the compact pump,the particle size distributions of the liquid-solid mixture in the tank and from the riser tube outlet were determined by a particle size analyzer and found to coincide well.

Study of the Different Factors That Influence Jet Pump Performance

The objective of this work is to study experimentally the characteristics of jet pump. Suction head, driving air pressure and the percentage of the distance between throat section and nozzle are recorded. The effect of each parameter on the pump performance is investigated, in order to have a better understanding about the behavior of such pump under various conditions. A simple geometry jet pump was designed, developed and tested. The experiments show that we should be careful in increasing the suction head, and stability must be considered between the suction head and the driving air mass flow rate. While the effect of increasing Pa will stop at certain maximum of the ratio of the mass flow rate of water to air (M), that is any increase in Pa will meet no change in M. While increasing S/Dth will leads to decrease in the percentage of M because the optimum S/Dth = 0.5 so that at this value we will have the best performance and any other values for S/Dth the percentage M will decreases, but this effect is not so clear and it could be neglected. The pump performance is not so sensitive with the change of S/Dth after S/Dth = 0.5. Also this information will help improving and extending the use of the jet pump in many practical applications.

Continuous Reaction Crystallization of Struvite in a DTM Type Crystallizer With Jet Pump of Ascending Suspension Flow in a Mixing Chamber–Kinetic Approach of the Process

Reaction crystallization of struvite in water solutions containing 0.20 mass % of phosphate(V) ions by magnesium and ammonium ions addition was investigated experimentally. Process was carried out in DTM type crystallizer with liquid jet pump device in 298 K assuming stoichiometric conditions. Struvite crystals of mean size Lm 5.2-23.0 μm were produced depending on pH (9-11) and mean residence time of suspension in a crystallizer τ (900-3600 s). Under these conditions linear growth rate of struvite crystals (SIG MSMPR kinetic model) decreased 2-time with the increase in pH and 3-time with the elongation of mean residence time of crystal suspension from 7.11×10-9 m/s (pH 9, τ900 s) to 1.65×10-9 m/s (pH 11, τ3600 s). Nucleation rate varied within the 7.9×108-1.8×1010 1/(sm3) limits. Struvite product of maximal linear size exceeded 100 μm with 10 vol. % of < 3 μm fraction corresponded to pH 9 and τ3600 s.

Influence of long and short guide vanes on hydraulic performance of water-jet pump

Different guide vane structures will affect the flow inside the pump,and then affect the transformation of the pressure energy and kinetic energy,and change the velocity distribution of the pump outlet.In order to study the influence of long and short guide vanes on the water-jet pump,on the basis of conventional design,eight schemes of guide vane with different vertical heights were designed in the method of computational fluid dynamics for numerical calculation,the performance curve of water-jet pumps with different long and short guide vanes was obtained,and finally the influence of different guide vanes on hydraulic performance and internal flow was analyzed.The results show that all of schemes reducing the height of blade can improve the head and efficiency.In the schemes reducing the height on the shroud,the guide vanes that the height of the blade is equal to the height difference between hub and shroud in impeller have the highest head and efficiency.In all schemes decreasing the blade height,with the increase of the height difference,the velocity increases gradually and the distribution of turbulence kinetic energy becomes more reasonable in the guide vane outlet.The schemes reducing the height on the hub have more reasonable distribution of velocity and turbulence kinetic energy according to schemes reducing the height on the shroud.The guide vanes of long and short blades can be used to stagger the position of the diffusion flow generated by adjacent blades,which can reduce the effect of the velocity circulation and make the flow of the outlet position more stable.

舟山LNG取水泵站泥沙减淤清淤试验研究

LNG接收站取水流道内水流形态复杂,泥沙淤积问题往往难以避免,特别是在含沙量较高水域,流道内泥沙淤积可能威胁接收站的正常运营。为实现LNG取水泵站不停机条件下清淤,开展取水泵站射流冲刷物理模型试验,模拟了射流冲沙装置开启后吸水间射流水流特征及冲刷效果,探究了射流冲刷设置的喷嘴与翼墙夹角、射流流量、冲刷时间等因素影响下流道内减淤清淤效果。试验结果表明,在理想状态下吸水间射流冲沙装置连续作用12h基本可达到较为理想的清淤效果;一次大风浪过后,装置连续作用0.5h基本可达到较为理想的清淤效果。清淤效果视射流流量、喷嘴与翼墙夹角以及冲刷时间不同而有差别。结合取水泵站泥沙淤积物理模型试验研究成果,取水泵站淤积区主要发生在前池、过滤池末端、吸水间和消防泵附近,建议在这些区域安装射流冲沙装置,实现不停机状态下的减淤清淤,提高取水安全保证率,从而提高运营效益。

叶片数对无轴泵喷推进器性能的影响

为丰富无轴泵喷推进器噪声性能优化理论,研究了叶片数对无轴泵喷推进器性能的影响,重点探究了不同叶片数下无轴泵喷推进器内的压力脉动变化规律。基于计算流体力学中的有限体积法离散RANS方程,应用RNG k-ε湍流模型封闭计算模型,采用SIMPLEC进行压力-速度耦合,对不同叶片数下的无轴泵喷推进器内部流场进行了非定常数值模拟计算,并对计算结果进行了详细的对比分析。研究结果表明:随叶片数的增加,无轴泵喷推进器模型的扬程、效率和推力均逐渐增大,叶片表面压力分布更加均匀,叶轮轮缘和中部的压力脉动均明显降低,叶轮进出口主频处的压力脉动幅值从轮缘向中心逐渐减小。

矢量泵喷推进潜航器回转性能研究

泵喷推进器已经逐渐成为现代潜航器的首选,矢量推进器也在航空航天领域得到了广泛的应用。为了解决传统依赖船舵控制在低航速下控制效率低的问题以及提高潜航器回转性能,矢量推进器在潜航器上的应用已逐步成为国内外关注的热点。本文考虑大舵角(喷管偏角)下潜航器各参数非线性的影响,建立潜航器水平面操纵运动的非线性模型。通过仿真研究分析船-舵-推进器、船-矢量推进器和船-舵-矢量推进器三种不同的控制方法下潜航器在低航速、控制泵喷推进器转速、控制潜航器轴向航速三种不同条件下作水平面回转运动时的回转性能,结果表明矢量泵喷推进器可以有效改进潜航器的回转性能。

轮缘驱动泵喷推进器的螺旋桨性能优化方法

为得到适用于新型轮缘驱动泵喷推进器的螺旋桨,在传统泵喷推进器螺旋桨的基础上进行性能优化方法研究十分必要。利用CFD数值模拟方法对推进器进行水动力仿真,分别对比3个不同的螺旋桨孔径比和3种桨叶厚度分布方案对推进器敞水性能的影响。对比结果发现小孔径比对推进器敞水性能更为有利,其中0.1孔径比推进器比0.3孔径比推进器的敞水效率最大提升了3.25%。厚度反置导致轮缘驱动螺旋桨高半径处压力分布不均匀,扭矩大幅提升,敞水效率大幅降低。轮缘驱动螺旋桨的厚度越小,扭矩越低,敞水效率越高,其中方案C桨的扭矩比方案A最大降低了21.74%,敞水效率最大提升了12.9%。

叶顶间隙对螺旋混流式喷水推进泵内流及推进特性的影响

喷水推进泵是舰船泵喷推进系统的核心部件,喷水推进泵在工作过程中,叶顶间隙处所产生的泄漏流会严重影响混流泵的工作性能。为了探讨叶轮叶顶间隙对喷水推进泵推进特性的影响,本文定义了叶顶间隙系数τ,设计了六种不同叶顶间隙系数模型并使用Ansys进行仿真分析,最终得到叶顶间隙对于喷水推进泵内流以及推进特性的影响规律。结果表明:随着叶顶间隙系数的增大,叶顶间隙处泄漏流逐渐增加,泄漏涡影响范围变大,轴向推力随着叶顶间隙系数的增大呈负指数下降,叶顶间隙处泄漏量随指数上升,喷水推进泵内流损失增加,推进效率持续减小,并且在大流量工况下叶顶间隙对喷水推进泵推进特性影响最大,在设计的六套模型中,叶顶间隙系数为0.08,叶顶间隙为0.16mm时效率最高。通过本文的研究可以发现,叶顶间隙对于喷水推进泵内流以及推进特性影响较大,在设计时应尽量减小叶顶间隙。

导叶叶片数对喷水推进泵瞬态特性的影响

为揭示喷水推进泵不同导叶叶片数时的瞬态特性规律,基于DES混合模拟和FEM声学有限元方法,对喷水推进泵流场和声场进行数值模拟,并进行试验,验证了瞬态特性数值计算方法的准确性,研究了不同导叶叶片数(Z=5,6,7)对喷水推进泵推力、压力脉动、内流诱导噪声等性能的影响规律.结果表明:随着导叶叶片数增大,喷水推进泵推力先减小后增大,流量逐渐减小,转矩逐渐增大;导叶叶片数对叶轮出口压力脉动分布规律影响较小,对压力脉动主频处幅值有较大影响,轮毂处压力脉动幅值受导叶叶片数增大先减小后增大,轮缘和流道中心处幅值随着导叶叶片数增大逐渐减小;导叶叶片数变化会改变内流诱导噪声主频,增大导叶叶片数有利于降低喷水推进泵内流诱导噪声主频处幅值和总声压级.

巡航状态下泵喷推进潜艇流场与声场特性研究

为研究巡航状态下泵喷推进潜艇流场和声场的分布规律,本文基于分离涡模拟湍流模型进行全流域非定常数值计算,运用声学有限元方法预测流动诱导噪声。试验研究在循环水槽试验台进行,采用水听器和推力采集系统测试噪声和推力信息。结果表明:外流场对喷流流场的影响随航速的增加而减弱,泵喷内部存在流道堵塞现象;叶轮噪声为最主要的流体动力噪声源,其频谱特性与压力脉动的频谱特性相似;过流壁面噪声声压级在子午面呈偶极子分布,而喷流噪声在弧矢面分布有一定的均匀性,在子午面上沿喷流方向存在极大值。研究揭示了巡航状态下泵喷内部的复杂流动过程和各类流动诱导噪声分布规律,为高效低噪的泵喷推进器设计和性能优化提供了一定的理论基础和技术支持。

基于射流补水的水泵水轮机S特性改善研究

针对水泵水轮机的“S”特性提出了在导叶顶盖位置无叶区处加装注水管的解决方案,并模拟了注水管安装在不同位置时的“S”特性曲线,分析了加装注水管后转轮区域内流线及转轮各叶道流量的分布规律。结果表明,于导叶顶盖加装注水管可以有效改善转轮内部流动,减轻转轮和导叶内部流动的相互影响,减小叶道涡的尺寸,同时有效缓解了转轮各叶道流量分布不均的现象。在注水管处于无叶区中段和活动导叶附近时,对“S”特性的改善效果明显。

不同密度下水力射流泵动态特性方程建立及应用

水力射流泵具有无运动部件,产量调节范围广,检泵不动管柱,作业时间短且作业成本低等优点,因次,该设备在海上油田前期排液注水井将有广泛的应用前景。然而,当前水力射流泵选型所用的特性方程是建立在动力液密度和产液密度相同的假设条件下推导的。该特性方程对流体密度相近的排液井选择出的射流泵型较合适,而对流体密度差异大的排液井,选出的泵型及工作参数与泵实际运行参数差异较大,影响了泵排液效果。为更准确描述流体密度差异对泵特性影响,进一步提高选泵水平。根据能量方程和动量方程,我们建立了不同密度下水力射流泵动态特性方程,并将该方程应用于选泵中,油井排液效果良好。

喷嘴导流片对喷水推进泵性能的影响

本文提出减少径向高度和导流片环绕导流锥分布这2种喷嘴导流片结构,通过DES-FEM耦合的方法研究了喷嘴导流片对喷水推进泵推力及噪声性能的影响。结果表明,随着喷嘴导流片径向高度减少,喷水推进泵推力增大0.61%,流量略微增大而扭矩略微降低,内流噪声主频仍为导叶叶频但幅值降低2.43%,总声压级略微升高;导流片环绕导流锥分布时,喷水推进泵推力提高1.03%,流量增大0.76%,扭矩提高,声压级主频处幅值降低2.05%,总声压级降低,内流噪声主频由导叶偏移至叶轮处,但两者声压级幅值差异较小;各方案频谱中均存在叶轮叶频谐频;内流噪声能量主要集中在中低频段。