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- Title
Numerical Prediction of Erosion Based on the Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in a Double-Suction Centrifugal Pump.
- Authors
Song, Xijie; Yao, Rao; Shen, Yubin; Bi, Huili; Zhang, Yu; Du, Lipu; Wang, Zhengwei
- Abstract
Due to the high sediment content in the Yellow River, the pump units in the pumping stations along the line are often eroded by sediment, causing the reduction of pump efficiency and structural damage. The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of particle diameter on the particle track, erosion distribution and erosion rate in a double-suction centrifugal pump in a pumping station of the Yellow River with a Lagrangian particle-tracking approach and a Tabakoff erosion model. The results show that the surface erosion of the impeller on both sides in the double-suction centrifugal pump has an asymmetric distribution, and the erosion rate on both sides is different. The particle diameter affects the moving trajectory of particles and has a significant effect on the erosion morphology and position in the impeller. With the increase of particle diameter, the velocity of the particles moving towards the pressure side of the blade inlet increases, resulting in punctate impact erosion. When the particle diameter decreases, sliding abrasion gradually forms on the pressure side of the blade outlet. The change rule of the solid particle volume fraction on the impeller wall is consistent with that of erosion distribution on the impeller wall. The larger the solid volume fraction is, the higher the wall erosion rate is.
- Subjects
CENTRIFUGAL pumps; EROSION; DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory); MECHANICAL abrasion; PARTICLE tracks (Nuclear physics); PUMPING stations
- Publication
Journal of Marine Science & Engineering, 2021, Vol 9, Issue 8, p836
- ISSN
2077-1312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jmse9080836