A centrifugal pump may be considered to be composed of three parts ; a stationary inlet device, a rotating component of impeller, and a recuperating device. The fluid motions in a centrifugal pump are complex. The velocity vectors are not parallel to ...
A centrifugal pump may be considered to be composed of three parts ; a stationary inlet device, a rotating component of impeller, and a recuperating device. The fluid motions in a centrifugal pump are complex. The velocity vectors are not parallel to the walls of the fluid passages, and appreciable secondary motions occur near the impeller discharge and in the diffusing. The flows in these three parts will be interdependent and a correct flow analysis should take into account this interdependence. however, a satisfactory theory that takes into account the combined effect of all these three components on a real fluid stream flowing through the pump is not yet available. For this reason the problem is usually simplified as far as possible, retaining only the essentials.
This study limited on the impeller blade design with circular are blade and its related performance analysis. The designed impeller will be described on the screen by graphic of fortran languge. In the following, flow fields in a centrifugal impeller of circular are blades with a sharp leading edge are analysed by adopting a 2nd order accuracy vortex panel method with the following assumption ;
a) The flow field is assumed to be two dimensional, inviscid, incompressible,
irrotational, except singular points and steady on the rotating coordinate system.
b) The effect of volute easing, inlet turn and prerotation is not considered here.
c) The inlet velocity along the breadth direction is also assumed to be constant in magnitude and direction.
d) Dimensionless flow rate coefficient at maximum efficiency is 0.216
(Q=0.256㎥/min, r²=100㎜, b₂=15㎜, speed=200rpm)
The velocity field along the circular arc blade surfaces are examined for various flow rates, blade numbers.
This study shows that theoretical head can be calculated without difficulty using vortex panel method.