Unsteady flow calculation in a radial flow centrifugal pump with spiral casing

 
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1991 (EN)

Unsteady flow calculation in a radial flow centrifugal pump with spiral casing (EN)

Papantonis Dimitris, E (EN)
Voutsinas Spyros, G (EN)
Morfiadakis Evangelos, E (EN)

The prediction of the two-dimensional unsteady flow established in a radial flow centrifugal pump is considered. Assuming the fluid incompressible and inviscid, the velocity field is represented by means of source and vorticity surface distributions as well as a set of point vortices. Using this representation, a grid-free (Lagrangian) numerical method is derived based on the coupling of the boundary element and vortex particle methods. In this context the source and vorticity surface distributions are determined through the non-entry boundary condition together with the unsteady Kutta condition. In order to satisfy Kelvin's theorem, vorticity is shed at the trailing edges of the impeller blades. Then the vortex particle method is used to approximate the convection of the free vorticity distribution. Results are given for a pump configuration experimentally tested by Centre Technique des Industries Mecaniques (CETIM). Comparisons between predictions and experimental data show the capability of the proposed method to reproduce the main features of the flow considered. (EN)

journalArticle (EN)

Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications (EN)
Spiral Casings (EN)
Fluid Mechanics--Calculations (EN)
Physics, Fluids & Plasmas (EN)
UNSTEADY FLOW (EN)
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP (EN)
Radial Flows (EN)
SPIRAL CASING (EN)
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications (EN)
Mathematical Techniques--Boundary Element Method (EN)
Flow of Fluids (EN)
Mechanics (EN)
VORTEX METHOD (EN)
BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD (EN)
Pumps, Centrifugal (EN)


International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (EN)

English

1991 (EN)

12 (EN)
908 (EN)
0271-2091 (EN)
895 (EN)
9 (EN)
10.1002/fld.1650120907 (EN)
ISI:A1991FM78600006 (EN)

JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD (EN)




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