• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2005년도 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.491-496
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• 2005

A pump design system was constructed by several integrating in-house programs and commercial softwares to design and evaluate centrifugal pumps. An agent-based prototype framework has been developed for collaborative design and optimization of a centrifugal pump. This paper introduces the feasible technology needed to construct a pump design system based on software agents. The integrated design system, developed in the present study, was used in designing a centrifugal pump and modifying its impeller shape by using optimization processes to increase the pump performance.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2014

In double-suction centrifugal pumps, it was found that cavitation instabilities occur with vibration and a periodic chugging noise. The present study attempts to identify cavitation instabilities in the double-suction centrifugal pump by the experiment and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Cavitation instabilities in the tested pump were classified into three types of instabilities. The first one, in a range of cavitation number higher than breakdown cavitation number, is cavitation surge with a violent pressure oscillation. The second one, in a range of cavitation number higher than the cavitation number of cavitation surge, is considered to be rotating cavitation and causes the pressure oscillation due to the interaction of rotating cavitation with the impeller. Last one, in a range of cavitation number higher than the cavitation number of rotating cavitation, is considered to be a surge type instability.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제35권9호
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• pp.875-882
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• 2011

회전차 외경 가공에 따른 축추력 평형 및 체적 효율 변화에 대하여 고찰하였다. 평형장치로 평형피스톤이 장착된 저비속도 다단 원심 펌프를 연구 대상으로 해석을 수행하였다. 수평축 다단 펌프와 2종의 수직축 다단 펌프에 대해 해석 수행을 한 결과, 회전차 외경 가공에 의해 펌프 전방으로 추가적인 축추력이 발생하였다. 이러한 축추력 불균형은 수평축 펌프보다 수직축 펌프에서 크게 발생하였다. 축추력 불균형을 방지하기 위해 평형피스톤의 외경을 증가시키는 방안을 제시하였고, 이를 위해 필요한 평형피스톤의 직경 변화율을 산출하였다. 피스톤의 직경 변화량은 회전차 외경 가공률에 비례하여 증가하였다. 피스톤 직경 변화량이 클수록 틈새 면적 증가로 인해 체적효율이 감소하므로, 피스톤의 길이를 함께 증가시켜 체적 효율의 감소를 방지하는 것이 효과적이다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.937-942
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• 2008

이 논문은 건설이 완료된 700MW급 발전소의 시운전 기간 중 주 급수펌프 임펠러에서 반복적으로 발생된 웨어링 이탈 및 고착, 슈라우드 손상 그리고 축 절단 등의 절손이 부분부하 조건에서 증폭되는 압력맥동과 연관이 있는 것으로 규명되었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.409-415
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 유량 $70.7m^3/min$, 양정 87m의 양흡입 원심펌프의 수력 손실 절감을 위해 표면 마찰거칠기를 변화시킨 실험을 수행하였다. 초기 표면 거칠기를 $100{\sim}110{\mu}m$에서 $0{\sim}0.08{\mu}m$로 변경한 후 표면 거칠기 변화가 전체 펌프의 효율 증가 및 펌프 운전시 소요되는 전력 원단위 변화 측정을 수행하였다. 표면 마찰 거칠기 개선 부위는 물과 접하는 펌프 내부 임펠러와 케이싱 표면으로 하였고 코팅 방식을 적용하였다. 그 결과 펌프 효율은 약 0.8~1.79% 증가하였으며, 전력원단위는 4.38 ~ 6.04% 절감 효과를 가져 왔다. 이와 같은 결과는 임펠러 및 내부 케이싱의 표면 거칠기가 펌프의 성능에 작지 않은 영향을 미칠 뿐만 아니라 표면 거칠기 개선을 통해 마찰에 의한 수력 손실을 줄여서 펌프 성능 향상과 상당한 에너지의 절감 효과를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.218-226
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• 2017

Severe radial thrust under off-design operating conditions can be a harmful factor for centrifugal pumps. In the present work, effects of geometry of a double volute casing on the hydrodynamic performance of a centrifugal pump have been investigated focusing on off-design conditions. Three-dimensional steady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis was carried out by using shear stress transport turbulence model. Numerical results for the hydrodynamic performance of the centrifugal pump were validated compared with experimental data. The hydraulic efficiency and radial thrust coefficient were used as performance parameters to evaluate the hydrodynamic characteristics of the centrifugal pump. The cross-sectional area ratio of the volute casing, the expansion coefficient of the rib structure, the distance between the rib starting point and volute entrance, and radius and width of the volute entrance, and length of the rib structure, were selected as geometric parameters. Results of the parametric study show that the performance parameters are significantly affected by the geometric variables and operating conditions. Optimal configurations of the double volute casing based on the design of experiments technique show outstanding performance in terms of the efficiency and radial thrust coefficient.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.727-733
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• 2020

Recently, reciprocating cryogenic pumps are mainly developed for small-and-mid sized fuel supply systems. Centrifugal type pumps are not actively developed. Most cryogenic submerged pumps are imported. For transportation, cryogenic liquefied natural gas requires the liquid pump technology that can works in extreme evironments. In order to transport liquefied natural gas, it is necessary to apply pump technology. This is the fundamental research for developing the submerged pump technology applicable to the transportation and storage system equipment of cryogenic liquefied system. It tries to secure basic design materials through reverse-engineering in the cryogenic submerged pump development. Regarding materials, STS-304 and STS-431 which are stainless materials widely used in the cryogenic area are applied. Aluminum alloy is applied to impeller and upper manifolder and the pump rotates at the high speed of 6,000rpm.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2002

Low NPSH and high pressure pumps we widely used for turbopump systems, which have an inducer and operate at high rotating speeds. In this paper, a meanline method has been established for the preliminary design and performance prediction of pumps having an inducer for cavitating or non-cavitating conditions at design or off-design points. The method was applied for the performance prediction of a fuel pump. Predicted performances by the method are shown to be in good agreement with experimental results for cavitating and non-cavitating conditions. The established meanline method can be used for the performance prediction and preliminary design of high speed pumps which have a inducer, impeller and volute.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 1998년도 추계학술발표회요약집
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• pp.117-117
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• 1998

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.18-25
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• 2008

Recent trends of a centrifugal pump are high speed in rotation and high pressure in head with high efficiency to meet the demands of industries. However, the newly developed pumps make trouble of pressure pulsation in the pumping system by performance instability of the pump. Moreover, cavitation, which is a main obstacle of high rotational speed in the pump, occurring in an impeller gives serious damages to the impeller and casing wall. The purpose of present study is not only to develop a simple method to improve pump performance but also to suppress the occurrence of cavitation in the centrifugal pump by use of J-Groove. J-Groove is a shallow groove installed on the casing wall in the meridional direction. The application of J-Groove to a centrifugal pump with a new type impeller of "semi-closed impeller" has proved its effectiveness as a useful countermeasure of the unstable pump performance and cavitation. The results show that the combination of semi-closed impeller and J-Groove can be applied successfully and improves both the pump performance and suction performance.