Numerical Simulation of Internal Flow Characteristics and Pressure Fluctuation in Deceleration Process of Bulb Tubular Pump
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. CFD Method
2.1. Computation Module
2.2. Hexahedral and Tetrahedral Mesh
2.3. Computational Setup
2.4. Methods of Pressure Fluctuation Analysis
3. Comparison of CFD with Experimental Results
3.1. Experimental Device
3.2. Comparison of External Characteristic Curves
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Transient External Characteristics of CFD
4.2. Analysis of Internal Flow Characteristics
4.2.1. Internal Flow Characteristics in Horizontal Plane
4.2.2. Pressure Distribution of Impeller
4.3. Pressure Fluctuation
4.3.1. Time Domain Analysis
4.3.2. Wavelet Frequency Domain Analysis
5. Conclusions
- (1)
- The predicted head and efficiency of the pump unit based on the numerical simulation are basically consistent with the experimental results, indicating the reliability of the CFD method. The predicted head curve of the bulb tubular pump based on the unsteady flow field calculation maintains a linear downward trend in the process of deceleration, and there is an impact head phenomenon when the speed begins to change, which is about 2% of the value under the speed of 1223 r/min. The predicted efficiency curve maintains a relatively stable high efficiency in the process of speed reduction, and the efficiency is increased by about 3% compared with the stable condition before the speed change. The two prediction curves have a hysteresis effect of about 0.25 s at the end of the speed change.
- (2)
- In the process of frequency conversion and deceleration of the tubular pump, the pressure distribution on the suction surface of the impeller blade has obvious differences, while this change on the pressure surface is less prominent. At the same time, in the transition process of deceleration, the pressure distribution on the impeller blades is a regular transition, and there is no sudden change or other characteristics.
- (3)
- From the time-domain analysis of pressure fluctuation, it can be seen that the pressure on the impeller inlet section is sensitive to the change in radius, and the smaller the radius, the smaller the pressure change. Meanwhile, the pressure on the guide vane outlet section is less responsive to the change in radius. With the decrease in rotating speed, the pressure values on the impeller inlet and guide vane outlet sections show a linear upward trend, but the change range of the guide vane outlet section is only about 18% of that on the impeller inlet section. The pressure fluctuation of the two sections has a pressure impact phenomenon at the beginning of the speed change, but the value is small.
- (4)
- From the frequency domain analysis of pressure fluctuation, it can be seen that the impeller inlet section can better reflect the basic characteristics and changing trend of the fluctuation signal than the guide vane outlet section: the pressure fluctuation energy on the impeller inlet section is mainly concentrated in the high-frequency region. Before and after the deceleration, the main frequencies of the fluctuation are 122 Hz and 100 Hz, which are twice the theoretical rotation frequency of 1223 r/min and 987.5 r/min, respectively, showing an obvious linear decreasing trend in the frequency domain characteristic map. Meanwhile, the amplitude of the pressure fluctuation also increases with the pressure fluctuation energy. The energy on the outlet section of the guide vane is mainly concentrated at about 20 Hz and 10 Hz, the difference between the frequencies is not obvious, due to the dynamic and static interference of the impeller and guide vane, and the change in the speed has less of an effect on the fluctuation amplitude.
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Value |
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Diameter of impeller/mm | 315 |
Number of impeller blades/- | 3 |
Number of guide vanes/- | 5 |
Number of front support vanes/- | 6 |
Blade angle/° | 0 |
Design head/m | 2.45 |
Design discharge/m3/min | 19.9 |
Initial rotating speed/r/min | 1223 |
Target rotating speed/r/min | 978.5 (20% deceleration) |
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Li, J.; Xu, F.; Cheng, L.; Pan, W.; Zhang, J.; Shen, J.; Ge, Y. Numerical Simulation of Internal Flow Characteristics and Pressure Fluctuation in Deceleration Process of Bulb Tubular Pump. Water 2022, 14, 1788. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14111788
Li J, Xu F, Cheng L, Pan W, Zhang J, Shen J, Ge Y. Numerical Simulation of Internal Flow Characteristics and Pressure Fluctuation in Deceleration Process of Bulb Tubular Pump. Water. 2022; 14(11):1788. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14111788
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Jiaxu, Fengyang Xu, Li Cheng, Weifeng Pan, Jiali Zhang, Jiantao Shen, and Yi Ge. 2022. "Numerical Simulation of Internal Flow Characteristics and Pressure Fluctuation in Deceleration Process of Bulb Tubular Pump" Water 14, no. 11: 1788. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14111788
APA StyleLi, J., Xu, F., Cheng, L., Pan, W., Zhang, J., Shen, J., & Ge, Y. (2022). Numerical Simulation of Internal Flow Characteristics and Pressure Fluctuation in Deceleration Process of Bulb Tubular Pump. Water, 14(11), 1788. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14111788