Design and Numerical Characterization of a First Stage of a High Capacity Multistage Centrifugal Pump

Nicolas La Roche-Carrier, Guyh Dituba Ngoma, Walid Ghie

2016

Abstract

In this paper, a numerical characterization of a first stage of a high capacity multistage centrifugal pump was performed for very high flow rates. A particular emphasis was placed on the diffuser design procedure. For this purpose, the equations of the continuity and the Navier-Stokes accounting for the boundary conditions were used by mean of ANSYS-CFX code to describe and to simulate the complex liquid flow in the multistage centrifugal pump. In order to identify the key parameters of the diffuser that can improve the pump stage performances, the effects of the inlet height of the diffuser vanes, the number of the diffuser vanes, the number of the diffuser return vanes, and the gap between the impeller and the diffuser on the pump stage head, brake horsepower and efficiency were analyzed. The validation of the developed model of a first pump stage was done comparing results of numerical simulations and experimental results obtained from a pump manufacturer.

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Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

La Roche-Carrier N., Ngoma G. and Ghie W. (2016). Design and Numerical Characterization of a First Stage of a High Capacity Multistage Centrifugal Pump . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH, ISBN 978-989-758-199-1, pages 283-290. DOI: 10.5220/0005995102830290

in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech16,
author={Nicolas La Roche-Carrier and Guyh Dituba Ngoma and Walid Ghie},
title={Design and Numerical Characterization of a First Stage of a High Capacity Multistage Centrifugal Pump},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,},
year={2016},
pages={283-290},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005995102830290},
isbn={978-989-758-199-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH,
TI - Design and Numerical Characterization of a First Stage of a High Capacity Multistage Centrifugal Pump
SN - 978-989-758-199-1
AU - La Roche-Carrier N.
AU - Ngoma G.
AU - Ghie W.
PY - 2016
SP - 283
EP - 290
DO - 10.5220/0005995102830290