scholarly journals Rotordynamic Forces Acting on a Two-Stage Inducer

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoki Nagao ◽  
Katsuji Nagaura ◽  
Tsutomu Tamura ◽  
Satoshi Hasegawa ◽  
Masaharu Uchiumi
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Frequency Ratio ◽  
Test Stand ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Strong Nonlinearity ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Rotordynamic Forces ◽  
Low Flow Rate

Rocket turbopumps sometimes experience self-excited shaft vibration due to rotordynamic forces. To prevent this vibration, a key step is to establish a method to measure and evaluate the rotordynamic forces that act on turbopump components. In this study, we measured rotordynamic forces acting on a two-stage inducer using a rotordynamic test stand developed in 2012 at Kakuda Space Center. In noncavitating conditions, we did not observe strong nonlinearities in rotordynamic forces in the inducer at low flow rate conditions. The results of the pressure fluctuation on the inducer showed that rotordynamic forces were mainly excited in the second stage of the inducer. In cavitating conditions, we found that there is no strong nonlinearity between cavitating rotordynamic forces and the whirling frequency ratio in the inducer. These results show the robustness of the rotordynamic forces acting on the inducer against the flow rate and cavitation.

Pressure Fluctuation on Casing Wall of Isolated Axial Compressor Rotors at Low Flow Rate

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Inoue ◽  
M. Kuroumaru ◽  
Y. Ando
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Flow Compressor ◽  
Low Flow Rate

The pressure fluctuations on the casing wall of two axial flow compressor rotors with various tip clearances have been analyzed by the use of two kinds of correlation functions. The behavior of the pressure fluctuation varies depending on tip clearance and blade solidity. In the case of small tip clearance, the nature of disturbances becomes random as the flow rate is reduced to a stall condition. For moderate tip clearance, coherent-structured disturbances appear intermittently at low flow rate. They appear more frequently as the solidity is increased and the flow rate becomes lower. For large tip clearance, the coherent structured disturbances exist even at considerably higher flow rates. Corresponding to these features, there are peculiar patterns in the correlation designated as “phase-locked correlation functions.”

scholarly journals Pressure Fluctuation on Casing Wall of Isolated Axial Compressor Rotors at Low Flow Rate

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Inoue ◽  
Motoo Kurdumaru ◽  
Youichi Anoo
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Axial Compressor ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Tip Clearance ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Flow Compressor ◽  
Low Flow Rate

The pressure fluctuations on the casing wall of two axial flow compressor rotors with various tip clearances have been analyzed by the use of two kinds of correlation functions. Behavior of the pressure fluctuation varies depending on tip clearance and blade solidity. In the case of small tip clearance, the nature of disturbances becomes random as the flow rate is reduced to a stall condition. For moderate tip clearance, coherent-structured disturbances appear intermittently at low flow rate. They appear more frequently as the solidity is increased and the flow rate becomes lower. For large tip clearance, the coherent structured disturbances exist even at considerably higher flow rates. Corresponding to these features there are peculiar patterns in the correlation designated as “phase-locked correlation function”.

scholarly journals Backflow effects on mass flow gain factor in a centrifugal pump

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 003685042199886
Author(s):  
Wenzhe Kang ◽  
Lingjiu Zhou ◽  
Dianhai Liu ◽  
Zhengwei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Mass Flow ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Gain Factor ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Cavity Volume ◽  
Cavitating Flows ◽  
Inlet Tube ◽  
Low Flow Rate

Previous researches has shown that inlet backflow may occur in a centrifugal pump when running at low-flow-rate conditions and have nonnegligible effects on cavitation behaviors (e.g. mass flow gain factor) and cavitation stability (e.g. cavitation surge). To analyze the influences of backflow in impeller inlet, comparative studies of cavitating flows are carried out for two typical centrifugal pumps. A series of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were carried out for the cavitating flows in two pumps, based on the RANS (Reynolds-Averaged Naiver-Stokes) solver with the turbulence model of k- ω shear stress transport and homogeneous multiphase model. The cavity volume in Pump A (with less reversed flow in impeller inlet) decreases with the decreasing of flow rate, while the cavity volume in Pump B (with obvious inlet backflow) reach the minimum values at δ = 0.1285 and then increase as the flow rate decreases. For Pump A, the mass flow gain factors are negative and the absolute values increase with the decrease of cavitation number for all calculation conditions. For Pump B, the mass flow gain factors are negative for most conditions but positive for some conditions with low flow rate coefficients and low cavitation numbers, reaching the minimum value at condition of σ = 0.151 for most cases. The development of backflow in impeller inlet is found to be the essential reason for the great differences. For Pump B, the strong shearing between backflow and main flow lead to the cavitation in inlet tube. The cavity volume in the impeller decreases while that in the inlet tube increases with the decreasing of flow rate, which make the total cavity volume reaches the minimum value at δ = 0.1285 and then the mass flow gain factor become positive. Through the transient calculations for cavitating flows in two pumps, low-frequency fluctuations of pressure and flow rate are found in Pump B at some off-designed conditions (e.g. δ = 0.107, σ = 0.195). The relations among inlet pressure, inlet flow rate, cavity volume, and backflow are analyzed in detail to understand the periodic evolution of low-frequency fluctuations. Backflow is found to be the main reason which cause the positive value of mass flow gain factor at low-flow-rate conditions. Through the transient simulations of cavitating flow, backflow is considered as an important aspect closely related to the hydraulic stability of cavitating pumping system.

A Meanline Model for Impeller Flow Recirculation

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuwen Qiu ◽  
David Japikse ◽  
Mark Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Flow Rate ◽  
Recirculation Zone ◽  
Reverse Flow ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Suction Surface ◽  
Blade Loading ◽  
Flow Recirculation ◽  
Impeller Outlet ◽  
Active Flow ◽  
Low Flow Rate

Flow recirculation at the impeller inlet and outlet is an important feature that affects impeller performance, especially the power consumption at a very low flow rate. Although the mechanisms for this flow phenomenon have been studied, a practical model is needed for meanline modeling of impeller off-design performance. In this paper, a meanline recirculation model is proposed. At the inlet, the recirculation zone acts as area blockage to relieve the large incidence of the active flow at a low flow rate. The size of the blockage is estimated through a critical area ratio of an artificial “inlet diffuser” from the inlet to throat. The intensity of the reverse flow can then be calculated by assuming a linear velocity profile of meridional velocity in the recirculation zone. At the impeller outlet, a recirculation zone near the suction surface is established to balance the velocity difference on the pressure and suction sides of the blade. The size and the intensity of the outlet recirculation zone is assumed related to blade loading, which can be evaluated based on flow turning and Coriolis force. A few validation cases are presented showing a good comparison between test data and prediction by the model.

Experimental Investigation of Pressure Fluctuations on Inner Wall of a Centrifugal Pump

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-410 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Qi Jia ◽  
Bao-Ling Cui ◽  
Zu-Chao Zhu ◽  
Yu-Liang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Pump ◽  
Flow Rate ◽  
Pressure Fluctuation ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
High Flow ◽  
Low Flow ◽  
Centrifugal Pumps ◽  
Flow Rates ◽  
Pressure Distributions ◽  
Blade Passing Frequency

Abstract Affected by rotor–stator interaction and unstable inner flow, asymmetric pressure distributions and pressure fluctuations cannot be avoided in centrifugal pumps. To study the pressure distributions on volute and front casing walls, dynamic pressure tests are carried out on a centrifugal pump. Frequency spectrum analysis of pressure fluctuation is presented based on Fast Fourier transform and steady pressure distribution is obtained based on time-average method. The results show that amplitudes of pressure fluctuation and blade-passing frequency are sensitive to the flow rate. At low flow rates, high-pressure region and large pressure gradients near the volute tongue are observed, and the main factors contributing to the pressure fluctuation are fluctuations in blade-passing frequency and high-frequency fluctuations. By contrast, at high flow rates, fluctuations of rotating-frequency and low frequencies are the main contributors to pressure fluctuation. Moreover, at low flow rates, pressure near volute tongue increases rapidly at first and thereafter increases slowly, whereas at high flow rates, pressure decreases sharply. Asymmetries are observed in the pressure distributions on both volute and front casing walls. With increasing of flow rate, both asymmetries in the pressure distributions and magnitude of the pressure decrease.

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