Flow field investigations in centrifugal pumps with simple blade curvature and constant impeller width by means of digital particle image velocimetry

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-312
Author(s):  
C. M. Heilmann
1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Myers ◽  
R. W. Ward ◽  
Andre´ Bakker

Digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) has been used to examine the flow field in a vessel agitated by an axial-flow impeller in turbulent operation. Both a pitched-blade turbine and a high-efficiency impeller were studied. Time series analysis indicates that the flow field is not steady; rather, it is subject to transients with frequencies well below the blade passage frequency (periods ranging from 40 to over 300 impeller revolutions have been observed). This result has important implications for computational modeling because current descriptions of agitated vessels are based upon time-averaged flow fields with superimposed turbulence. This modeling approach may not accurately capture the mixing associated with the low-frequency phenomena observed in this study.


2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 794-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Dierksheide ◽  
P. Meyer ◽  
T. Hovestadt ◽  
W. Hentschel

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1039-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily J. Berg ◽  
Jessica L. Weisman ◽  
Michael J. Oldham ◽  
Risa J. Robinson

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