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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2009.33.11.909

A Study of NPSH Required Performance Improvement for a Industrial Vertical Pump  

Chung, Kyung-Nam (현대중공업(주) 기계설계연구실)
Park, Jong-Hwoo (현대중공업(주) 기계설계연구실)
Kim, Yong-Kyun (현대중공업(주) 유체기계설계부)
Kim, Hae-Cheon (현대중공업(주) 유체기계설계부)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.33, no.11, 2009 , pp. 909-915 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a study of performance improvement for a centrifugal vertical pump having specific speed of 330 is introduced. The existing model has high efficiency but needs better NPSH required performance. Such that new pump model is designed to obtain larger suction specific speed. 6 design parameters considered to affect pump performance are selected for impeller design. Key design parameters are investigated using by design of experiments and CFD, and impeller inlet diameter is increased to get better suction performance. The amount of inlet diameter increase is determined by using cavitation analysis. The results show that new design model has higher efficiency and better NPSH required performance than the existing model.
Keywords
Vertical Pump; CFD; DOE; Pump Design; Efficiency; NPSH Required;
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