An Investigation on Velocity Triangle Applied to Fluid Particle at Rotating Flow Passage of Impeller Blade in Centrifugal Pump

Volume 1 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takaharu Tanaka ◽  
Chao Liu

Although impeller blades rotational speed is kept constant for the change in flow rate, fluid particles rotating speed varies by the flow rate. Fluid particles circularly forward tangential velocity becomes zero at the maximum flow rate and the maximum at the flow rate zero. While fluid particles fundamental straightly forward tangential velocity normal to rotational radius becomes the maximum at the maximum flow rate and zero at flow rate zero.

Author(s):  
Takaharu Tanaka

Mechanical force caused by mechanical energy acts real and imaginary forces on impeller blade. Therefore, impeller blade moves in the direction of real force, straightly forward in the direction of tangent perpendicular to rotational radius and the direction of imaginary force, circularly forward in the direction of tangent perpendicular to rotational radius. Former real movement causes on fluid particle radial outward movement, resulting to flow rate Q. Latter imaginary movement causes on fluid particle a rotational motion under the external centripetal and imaginary centrifugal force, resulting to pump head. Pump head is equivalent to external centripetal force and balanced with imaginary centrifugal force in the rotating flow passage.


Author(s):  
K. Naganuma ◽  
Y. Takata ◽  
H. Kubota ◽  
K. Takahashi

An experimental model of Joule-Thomson micro-cooler has been fabricated on silicone wafer of 39mm×15.5mm in size. The micro-cooler uses ethylene as the refrigerant and it works in the pressure range between 2.3MPa and 0.1MPa. The micro-cooler consist of condenser, evaporator and capillary tube. Flow passage of the refrigerant was fabricated by etching process. Peltier device was used to pre-cool and condense the refrigerant. Temperature decrease by 3K was obtained at maximum flow rate of 3mg/s.


Author(s):  
Takaharu Tanaka

This paper presents a theoretical investigation of the flow rate at the maximum efficiency point in the design of impeller blade in centrifugal pump. An energy balance was performed at the trailing edge of impeller outlet in the rotating flow passage of centrifugal pump. The evaluation shows that, when the fluid particles straight forward tangential velocity is one third of the impeller blade’s peripheral velocity and the fluid particles circular forward tangential velocity is two third of the impeller blade’s peripheral velocity at the trailing edge of the impeller outlet, the maximum hydraulic energy output, that is, the maximum efficiency point is obtained.


Author(s):  
Takaharu Tanaka

Pump head plays an external centripetal force and balanced with imaginary centrifugal force. Fluid particles circularly forward tangential movement in the direction tangent increases with the fluid particles remaining time increase in the rotating flow passage. And fluid particles circularly forward tangential movement in the direction tangent is caused by the imaginary mechanical force perpendicular to rotational radius. Therefore, mechanical energy supply is proportional to fluid particles remaining time in the rotating flow passage of impeller blade to cause the circularly forward tangential movement.


2021 ◽  
pp. 039156032110033
Author(s):  
Atef Fathi ◽  
Omar Mohamed ◽  
Osama Mahmoud ◽  
Gamal A Alsagheer ◽  
Ahmed M Reyad ◽  
...  

Background: Substitution urethroplasty using buccal mucosal grafts can be performed by several approaches including ventral onlay graft, dorsal onlay graft, or ventral urethrotomy with dorsal inlay graft. Our study aims to evaluate the surgical outcome of dorsolateral buccal mucosal graft for long segment anterior urethral stricture >6 cm in patients with Lichen sclerosus (LS). Methods: A retrospective study included patients who underwent repair for long segment anterior urethral stricture >6 cm due to LS between January 2013 and April 2019. All patients were followed-up at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months postoperatively and then yearly by clinical symptoms, uroflowmetry, and calculation of post-void residual urine volume. Retrograde urethrogram was requested for patients with voiding symptoms or decreased maximum flow rate. Stricture recurrence that required subsequent urethrotomy or urethroplasty was considered failure. The success rate and surgical complications were collected and analyzed. Results: Thirty patients were identified. The median age (range) was 39 (25–61) years and a median (range) stricture length was 8 (6–14) cm. Most of postoperative complications were of minor degree. The success rate at median follow-up of 15 (12–24) months was 86.5%. The median maximum flow rate increased significantly from 6 (2–11) ml/s preoperatively to 18 (range: 6–23) ml/s at the 6th month ( p value < 0.001). Conclusion: Dorsolateral buccal mucosal grafts urethroplasty for long anterior urethral stricture caused by LS has a high success rate and low risk of complications including stricture recurrence.


1965 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Moody

A theoretical model is developed for predicting the maximum flow rate of a single component, two-phase mixture. It is based upon annular flow, uniform linear velocities of each phase, and equilibrium between liquid and vapor. Flow rate is maximized with respect to local slip ratio and static pressure for known stagnation conditions. Graphs are presented giving maximum steam/water flow rates for: local static pressures between 25 and 3,000 psia, with local qualities from 0.01 to 1.00; local stagnation pressures and enthalpies which cover the range of saturation states.


Author(s):  
Mohammad J. Izadi ◽  
Alireza Falahat

In this investigation an attempt is made to find the best hub to tip ratio, the maximum number of blades, and the best angle of attack of an axial fan with flat blades at a fixed rotational speed for a maximum mass flow rate in a steady and turbulent conditions. In this study the blade angles are varied from 30 to 70 degrees, the hub to tip ratio is varied from 0.2 to 0.4 and the number of blades are varied from 2 to 6 at a fixed hub rotational speed. The results show that, the maximum flow rate is achieved at a blade angle of attack of about 45 degrees for when the number of blades is set equal to 4 at most rotational velocities. The numerical results show that as the hub to tip ratio is decreased, the mass flow rate is increased. For a hub to tip ratio of 0.2, and an angle of attack around 45 degrees with 4 blades, a maximum mass flow rate is achieved.


Author(s):  
Yi Hou ◽  
Lipeng He ◽  
Zheng Zhang ◽  
Baojun Yu ◽  
Hong Jiang ◽  
...  

This paper focuses on a new structure in the valveless piezoelectric pump, which has a combination structure of the conical flow channel and two fishtail-shaped bluffbodies in the chamber of the pump. The fishtail-shaped bluffbody is inspired by the shape of the swimming fish to diminish the backflow and optimize the performance of the pump. The performance is studied by changing the shape and size of the inlet and outlet, the bluff bodies’ height and the space between two bluff bodies. The results show that the 3 mm × 3 mm square inlet, 3 mm diameter round outlet, 3 mm height of bluffbodies, 6.8 mm pitch of bluffbodies has a best performance in all 10 prototypes, which implements a maximum flow rate of 87.5 ml/min at 170 V 40 Hz with a noise of 42.6 dB. This study makes a preliminary investigation and theoretical explanation for the subsequent optimization of this structure, improved the performance of the valveless piezoelectric pump, broaden the thinking of the design for the bluffbody for better performance of the valveless piezoelectric pump.


1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Sheng Jang ◽  
Christopher J. Morris ◽  
Nigel R. Sharma ◽  
Ron L. Bardell ◽  
Fred K. Forster

Abstract Micropumps designed for the flow-rate range of 100–1000μl/min have been developed by a number of research groups. However, little data is available regarding the ability of various designs to directly transport liquids containing particles such as cells, microspheres utilized for bead chemistry, or contaminants. In this study the ability of pumps with no-moving-parts valves (NMPV) to transport particles was investigated. The results showed that a NMPV micropump was able to directly pump suspensions of polystyrene microspheres from 3.1 to 20.3μm in diameter. The pump functioned without clogging at microsphere number densities as high as 9000 particles/μl of suspension, which corresponded to over 90,000 particles per second passing through the pump at a flow rate of 600μl/min. Performance with polystyrene microspheres was the same as pure water up to the point of cavitation. Microspheres manufactured with negative surface charge cavitated less readily that other microspheres studied that were manufactured without surface charge. However, cavitation did not appear to be a function of microsphere size, total surface area or number density. Thus pumping polystyrene microspheres was found to be more affected by surface effects than by size, surface area or number density within the range of parameters considered. In the case of charged microspheres, the maximum flow rate was reduced by 30% compared to pure water whereas for uncharged microspheres the maximum flow rate was reduced by approximately 80%.


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