• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.727-736
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• 2016

In this study, a high-pressure multistage pump used in the combined cycle power plants is analyzed. The pump performance characteristics (differential head and efficiency) are numerically analyzed for different shapes of the radial diffuser. The design variables selected for the radial diffuser are, number of vanes, diameter ratio ($D_4/D_3$), return channel outlet angle(${\alpha}_6$), and pressure recovery factor ($C_p$). The numerical analysis results showed that the differential head and efficiency are the highest when the diameter ratio is the highest. Further, it was observed that the differential head was lower when the return channel outlet angle was $60^{\circ}$ than when it was $90^{\circ}$, because of pre-swirl at the diffuser outlet.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.633-640
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• 2003

The present experimental study is focused on the application of multi-point simultaneous measurement by PIV(Particle Image Velocimetry) to guide vane region within diffuser pump. Various different kinds of rotational velocity were selected as experimental condition. Optimized cross correlation Identification to obtain velocity vectors is implemented with direct calculation of correlation coefficients. Fine optical setup concerned with PIV performance is arranged for the accurate PIV measurement of high-speed complex flow. Variable flow pattern are represented quantitatively at the stator region.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.54-60
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• 2011

This paper presents the steady-state performance analysis of the first stage of a multistage centrifugal pump, composed of a shrouded-impeller, a vaned-diffuser and a return-channel, using the commercially available computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, ANSYS CFX. The detailed flow fields in the vaned-diffuser with outlet in its side wall and the return-channel are investigated by the CFD code adopted in the present study. The effect of the vaned-diffuser with a downstream crossover bend and the corresponding return-channel on the overall hydrodynamic performance of the first stage pump has also been demonstrated over the normal operating conditions. The predicted hydrodynamics for the diffusing components herein could provide useful information to match the inlet blade angle of the next stage impeller for improving the multistage pump performances.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.411-417
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• 2007

This study has been conducted to investigate pumping characteristics of diffuser/nozzle based piezoelectric micropumps. The micropumps include a piezo disk (an actuator), a chamber and a set of diffuser and nozzle. Flow in the current micropumps is controlled by a set of diffuser and nozzle, not by a nap valve. The diffuser/nozzle based micropumps are more reliable in operation and are easier in manufacturing than the flap valve based micropumps. The flow rates of the piezoelectric micropumps have been closely analyzed with a numerical calculation. It has been found that the positions of the inlet and outlet of the micropump can influence the performance of the diffuser/nozzle based piezoelectric micropumps. This study may provide fundamental understanding for the design and analysis of the piezoelectric micropumps.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.17-17
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• 2000

이젝터-디퓨저 시스템은 고압의 기체를 노즐로 팽창시켜서 얻은 대량의 운동에너지를 이용하여 낮은 에너지를 가지는 주변의 기체를 외부로 배출시키는데 이용되는 유체 역학적 펌프이다. 이젝터-디퓨저 시스템은 작동부가 없고 구조가 단순하여 설치/보수 및 시스템 전체의 경량화에 많은 이점이 있으므로 그 활용도가 증대하고 있는 추세이다. 그러나 이젝터-디퓨저를 지나는 초음속 유동은 복잡한 충격파 및 난류현상들로 인하여 그 물리적 특성들이 명확히 알려지지 않았다. 특히 이러한 제현상들의 간섭과 전단층의 불안정성 때문에 발생하는 비정상성은 1차 유동과 2차 유동의 혼합작용에 영향을 미쳐, 결국 시스템 전체의 배기성능을 저하시킬 뿐만 아니라, 소음과 진동을 발생시켜 시스템의 안정적인 운전을 방해한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.1059-1065
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• 2010

An analysis was conducted to predict the hydraulic performance of a reactor coolant pump (RCP) of SMART at the off-design as well as design points. In order to reduce the analysis time efficiently, a single passage containing an impeller and a diffuser was considered as the computational domain. A stage scheme was used to perform a circumferential averaging of the flux on the impeller-diffuser interface. The pressure difference between the inlet and outlet of the pump was determined and was used to compute the head, efficiency, and break horse power (BHP) of a scaled-down model under conditions of steady-state incompressible flow. The predicted curves of the hydraulic performance of an RCP were similar to the typical characteristic curves of a conventional mixed-flow pump. The complex internal fluid flow of a pump, including the internal recirculation loss due to reverse flow, was observed at a low flow rate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.595-596
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• 2008

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.291-299
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• 2002

This paper characterizes hi-directionally oscillating flow in planar microdiffusers in order to evaluate the frequency-dependent flow rectification performance of the microdiffusers. In the theoretical study, we analyze a hi-directionally oscillating flow in the planar microdiffuser. In the experimental study, we fabricate two different microdiffuser prototypes, having different neck widths of 100 ㎛ (D100) and 300 ㎛(D300), respectively. The experimental net flow rates are measured as 116.6 $\mu$ι/min. and 344.4 $\mu$ι/min. for D100 and D300, respectively. The experimental flow rate of D300 decreases at the oscillating flow frequencies higher than 90Hz, at which the net boundary layer thickness is reduced to the microdiffuser neck width. It is experimentally verified that the flow rectification performance and the net flow rate of the microdiffusers tend to decrease when the boundary layer thickness is smaller than the diffuser neck width.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.539-539
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• 2012

전북대학교 고온플라즈마 응용연구센터는 교육과학기술부 기초연구사업 중 고가연구장비 구축사업의 일환으로, 고 엔탈피, 초음속 유동 환경을 모사하여, 항공우주, 군사기기, 핵융합 분야 등의 고온 재료 개발을 위한 기초 연구 장치로써, 0.4MW급 플라즈마 풍동 장치를 구축하고 있다. 0.4MW 플라즈마 풍동 장치의 플라즈마 발생부는 DC 전원 공급장치와 디스크 형태의 양극과 음극 사이에 동일 형태의 간극을 삽입한 0.4MW급 분절형 아크 플라즈마 토치로 구성되었으며, 토치에서 발생된 아크 플라즈마는 노즐을 통과하며 마하 2~4의 초음속을 나타내도록 설계 제작되었다. 시험 챔버는 노즐에서 나온 초음속 플라즈마의 특성 및 재료 시험을 위한 3차원 이송식 기판이 장착되어 있으며, 고 엔탈피 유동을 관측하기 위한 광학창을 구비하였다. 시험 챔버 하류에는 유동 안정을 위한 디퓨저(diffuser)가 설치되어 있으며, 디퓨저(diffuser)로부터 배출되는 고온가스는 열교환기를 통해 냉각된 후 진공펌프를 통해 대기로 배출되게 된다. 장치의 압력조절을 위하여 $1,000m^3/min$의 용량의 진공펌프 시스템이 설치될 예정이며 가스공급장치, 냉각수 공급장치, 디퓨져, 열교환기는 1MW급 용량으로 설계 제작되었다. 본 장치는 400kW의 전원 공급, 15 g/s의 공기유량 주입 시 약 13 MJ/kg의 고엔탈피를 가진, mach 2~4의 초음속 유동을 나타내는 것을 특징으로 한다.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.216-220
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• 2001

Flow analysis was carried out for two vertical pumps. The geometrical difference of two pumps is the adoption of vaned diffuser. Full pump models were used to simulate the velocity fields of the pumps. Pump head and velocity field were compared to obtain the features of diffuser flow. It was shown that the discontinuity of head curve was predicted and reverse flow could be generated at impeller exit even in the rated flow condition.