Hydraulic performance of a low specific speed centrifugal pump with Spanwise-Slotted Blades
Abstract
The hydraulic efficiency of a low specific speed centrifugal pump is low because of the long and narrow meridian flow passage, and the severe disk friction. Spanwise slotted blade flow control technology has been applied to the low specific speed centrifugal pump. This paper concluded that spanwise slotted blades can improve the pump performance in both experiments and simulations. In order to study the influence to the impeller and volute by spanwise slotted blade, impeller efficiency and volute efficiency were defined. The minimum volute efficiency and the maximum pump efficiency appear at the same time in the design flow condition in the unsteady simulation. The mechanism of spanwise slotted blade flow control technology should be researched furthermore.
- Publication:
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Materials Science and Engineering Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- December 2013
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1757-899X/52/2/022009
- Bibcode:
- 2013MS&E...52b2009Y