NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDY OF COMPLEX LIQUID FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMPELLER AND IMPELLER-VOLUTE OF A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP

Massinissa Djerroud, Guyh Dituba Ngoma, Walid Ghie

2011

Abstract

In this study, the effects that the blade width, the blade number, and the impeller diameter have on the steady state liquid flow in three-dimensional impeller, and combined impeller and volute were investigated. The continuity and Navier-Stokes equations with the k-ε turbulence model and the standard wall functions were used by mean of ANSYS-CFX code taking into account of the suction pressure variation as a function of the valve volume flow rate. The achieved results reveal that the selected key design parameters have an impact on the head, the brake horsepower and the overall efficiency of the centrifugal pump. To valid the developed approach, the results of numerical simulation were compared with the experimental results considering a special case of combined impeller and diffuser.

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Djerroud M., Dituba Ngoma G. and Ghie W. (2011). NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDY OF COMPLEX LIQUID FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMPELLER AND IMPELLER-VOLUTE OF A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP . In Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-8425-78-2, pages 93-102. DOI: 10.5220/0003566800930102


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@conference{simultech11,
author={Massinissa Djerroud and Guyh Dituba Ngoma and Walid Ghie},
title={NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDY OF COMPLEX LIQUID FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMPELLER AND IMPELLER-VOLUTE OF A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP},
booktitle={Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2011},
pages={93-102},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003566800930102},
isbn={978-989-8425-78-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - NUMERICAL PARAMETRIC STUDY OF COMPLEX LIQUID FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMPELLER AND IMPELLER-VOLUTE OF A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
SN - 978-989-8425-78-2
AU - Djerroud M.
AU - Dituba Ngoma G.
AU - Ghie W.
PY - 2011
SP - 93
EP - 102
DO - 10.5220/0003566800930102