• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.376-381
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• 2004

A rig was constructed to test the performance characteristics and compare the hydraulic forces exerted on a centrifugal type artificial heart impeller. A conventional shaft. seal and bearing system. while driven by a small electric motor. supported the impeller which was separated from the pump casing by a six degree of freedom force transducer (JR3 Ine). Radial (x. y) and axial (z) hydraulic forces were recorded and compared. At physiological operating conditions. the results indicate that the double entry/exit centrifugal pump encounters a smaller radial force and significantly reduced axial thrust. These experimental results are valuable in the design of a magnetic bearing system to suspend the impeller of a centrifugal artificial heart pump. This experimental technique may also be applied to evaluate the required capacity and predict the lifetime of contact bearings in marine pumps.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2011

This study investigated on details of flow characteristics in a vaneless diffuser of a compressor with 2-dimensional impeller at various flow rates. Experiment for a low speed compressor model in a water reservoir was performed to analyze the flow field in the vaneless diffuser and volute casing, which was done by PIV measurement. It was also focused on the periodic flow patterns occurring at low flow rate near unstable operating region of the compressor. At low flow rate condition, the flow visualization clearly shows that the flow energy from impeller is highly accumulated at the compressor exit by the blockage effect of a flow damper and consequently the reverse flow occurs in the diffuser.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.483-489
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• 2009

원심형 연료펌프의 공동발생 특성을 해석하기 위하여 2차원 cascade 모델링을 적용한 수치 해석 코드를 개발하였다. 해석 코드의 해석 능력에 대한 타당성을 검증한 후, 원심형 펌프의 임펠러 블레이드 주위 유동에 대한 공동 발생을 예측하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 원심형 연료 펌프의 작동 조건에서는 공동이 발생하지 않는 것을 확인 하였다. 그러나 펌프의 회전속도가 설계점 조건보다 높은 작동점 이외의 영역에서는 공동이 발생할 가능성이 있다. 작동유체의 온도가 낮아지면 공동 발생의 위험이 감소 하지만 온도가 높아지면 작동 영역을 조금 벗어난 입구 유속에서도 공동이 발생할 수 있음을 알았다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.71-84
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• 2020

In order to improve the performance of marine centrifugal pump, a centrifugal pump whose specific speed is 66.7 was selected for the research. Outlet diameter D2, outlet width b2, blade outlet angle β2, blade wrap φ and blade number z of the impeller were chosen as the variables. The maximum weighted average efficiency and the minimum vibration intensity at the base were calculated as objectives. Based on the Latin Hypercube method, the impeller was numerically optimized. The numerical results show that after optimization, the amplitudes of pressure fluctuation on the main frequency at different monitoring points decrease in varying degrees. The radial force on impeller decreases obviously under off-design flow rates and is more symmetrical during the operation of the pump. The variation of the axial force is relatively small, which has no obvious relationship with the rotating angle of the impeller. The energy performance and vibration experiment was performed for verifying. The test results show that the weighted average efficiency under 0.8Qd, 1.0Qd and 1.2Qd increases by 4.3% after optimization. The maximal vibration intensity at M1-M4 on the pump base reduced from 0.36 mm/s to 0.25 mm/s, decreasing by 30.5%. In addition, the vibration velocities of bracket in pump side and outlet flange also have significant reductions.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.14-24
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• 2011

In this paper, design optimization for mixed-flow pump impellers and diffusers has been studied using a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code and DOE (design of experiments). We also discussed how to improve the performance of the mixed-flow pump by designing the impeller and diffuser. Geometric design variables were defined by the vane plane development, which indicates the blade-angle distributions and length of the impeller and diffusers. The vane plane development was controlled using the blade-angle in a fixed meridional shape. First, the design optimization of the defined impeller geometric variables was achieved, and then the flow characteristics were analyzed in the point of incidence angle at the diffuser leading edge for the optimized impeller. Next, design optimizations of the defined diffuser shape variables were performed. The importance of the geometric design variables was analyzed using $2^k$ factorial designs, and the design optimization of the geometric variables was determined using the response surface method (RSM). The objective functions were defined as the total head and the total efficiency at the design flow rate. Based on the comparison of CFD results between the optimized pump and base design models, the reason for the performance improvement was discussed.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2011

Based on the consideration that the cavitation would affect the operation stability of miniature pumps, the 3-D turbulent cavitating flow in a test pump was simulated by using a mixed cavitation model and k-${\omega}$ SST turbulence model. In order to investigate the influence of inlet geometry parameters on the cavitation performance of the miniature pump, two more impellers are designed for comparison. Based on the results, the following conclusions are drawn: 1) Cavitation performance of the double suction shaft-less miniature pump having different impeller is equivalent to the centrifugal pump having ordinary size, though the flow passage at impeller inlet is small; 2) The miniature pump having radial impeller can produce much higher pump head, but lower cavitation performance than that having the impeller based on the conventional design method; 3) It is believed that by applying the double suction design, the miniature pump achieved relatively uniform flow pattern upstream the impeller inlet, which is favorable for improving cavitation performance.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.1549-1554
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• 2015

교반조 바닥에 방해판이 부착된 경우 유동특성 및 입자부유특성을 실험적으로 연구하였다. 입자의 유동상태는 교반조 바닥 중심으로부터 상승류가 증가하였다. 입자부유 실험으로부터 에크만 경계층의 발달에 의해 입자부유가 촉진됨을 알았다. 본 실험범위 내에서의 임펠러 및 교반조 바닥 방해판의 최적조건을 다음과 같이 나타내었다. 교반임펠러 최적조건 : $n_p=6$, d/D=0.5, b/d=0.3, 교반조 바닥 방해판 최적조건 ; $n_b=6$, $d_b/D=0.5$, $b_w/D=0.05$.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.913-922
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• 2012

환경 및 화학공업에서 액-액 교반조내의 특성을 파악하는 일은 매우 중요하다. 액적 부근의 물질이동용량계수 $k_La$와 Sauter 평균경 $d_{32}$은 에스테르의 알칼리 가수분해반응을 이용하여 임펠러 부착위치나 액높이를 변화시켜 측정하였다. 그 결과 아래와 같은 이들의 양호한 상관식을 얻었다. $$d_{32}=0.270\(\frac{{\sigma}^{0.6}}{{\rho}^{0.2}P^{0.4}_{Vi}}\)k_La=0.49\(\frac{6{\phi}D_A}{d^2_{32}}\)\(\frac{P_Vd^4_{32}}{{\rho}v^3}\)^{0.193}Sc^{1/3}$$.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.36-42
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• 2002

A new method to calculate the aeroacoustic pressure of a centrifugal fan that is used in a vacuum cleaner has been developed. The centrifugal fan consists of the impeller, the diffuser, and the circular casing. Due to the high rotating speed of the impeller and the small gap distance between the impeller and diffuser, the centrifugal fan makes very high noise levels at BPF and its harmonic frequencies. In order to calculate the sound pressure of a centrifugal fan, the unsteady flow field data is needed. This unsteady flow field is calculated by the vortex method. The sound pressure is then calculated by acoustic analogy. In this paper, only dipole term is considered in the equation. The noise generated by moving impeller and stationary diffuser is calculated separately. The predicted acoustic pressures agree very well with the measured data. The difference between the two is less than 4dB

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.277-284
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• 2021

This paper deals with multi-objective optimization using response surface method to improve the hydraulic performances of a 2 vane pump for wastewater treatment. For analyzing the internal flow field in the pump, steady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations were solved with the shear stress transport turbulence model as a turbulence closure model. The impeller and volute variables were defined in the shape of the 2 vane pump. The objective functions were set to satisfy the total head at the design flow rate as well as to improve the efficiency. The hydraulic performance of the optimally designed shape was verified by numerical analysis results.