{"title":"Investigations on affinity law under gas–liquid conditions in multistage radial and mixed-flow multiphase pumps","authors":"Liang Chang, Chenyu Yang, Xiaobin Su, Xiaoyu Dai, Qiang Xu, Liejin Guo","doi":"10.1063/5.0191201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0191201","url":null,"abstract":"Affinity laws have been widely used in pump design and simulation under high-temperature and corrosive conditions. By applying such laws, it is possible to shorten development cycles and reduce test costs. However, current applications of affinity laws are still limited to liquid conditions. In this paper, expressions for affinity laws and their applicability are investigated for multistage radial and mixed-flow multiphase pumps under gas–liquid conditions. A high-pressure (30 MPa) gas–liquid experimental platform is constructed, and three-stage and 25-stage radial pumps and a 15-stage mixed-flow pump are investigated, with specific speeds of 107 and 216. With gas compressibility taken into account, the gas–liquid two-phase flow rate, head, and power, and the corresponding dimensionless hydraulic coefficients, are defined for multiphase pumps. The deterioration of gas–liquid pressurization performance is found to be divided into three processes with different dynamic mechanisms, corresponding to three flow patterns. The inlet gas volume fraction of pump is used to judge dynamic similarity. At the same inlet gas volume fractions λ1 = λ2, when the gas–liquid flows in two pumps have the same flow pattern, dynamic similarity will be satisfied. The affinity law that is established shows good applicability to the three-stage radial multiphase pump, with goodness of fit R2 larger than 0.9 for the two-phase Ψm–Φm and Πm–Φm performance curves. Finally, experimental results indicate that the affinity law also has good applicability to multiphase pumps with different stage numbers and blade structures under gas–liquid conditions.","PeriodicalId":517827,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fluid Engineering","volume":"279 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140286956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving the hydraulic performance of a high-speed submersible axial flow pump based on CFD technology","authors":"Lu Rong, Martin Böhle, Yandong Gu","doi":"10.1063/5.0191683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0191683","url":null,"abstract":"The hydraulic performance of a high-speed submersible axial flow pump is investigated to reduce its energy consumption. A more efficient and stable optimization method that combines parametric design, computational fluid dynamics, and a computer algorithm is proposed. The main aim is to broaden the high-efficiency operating zone, so the average efficiency under multiple conditions is optimized while considering rotor–stator matching. The design-of-experiments method and a radial-basis-function neural network are combined to form the optimization platform, and automatic optimization of the pump design is realized through repeated execution of design and simulation. The flow loss mechanism inside the pump is studied in depth via the entropy generation rate, and regression analysis shows that the pump efficiency is influenced mainly by the blade angles. After optimization, the target efficiency is increased by 8.34%, and the flow field distribution shows that the channel vortex and hydraulic loss are controlled effectively. Finally, the results are validated by experiment. The proposed optimization approach has advantages in saving manpower and obtaining globally optimal solutions.","PeriodicalId":517827,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fluid Engineering","volume":"2005 16","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140416473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bin Xu, Hao Wang, Weibin Zhang, Yilin Deng, Xiaoju Shen, Desheng Zhang, B. (Bart) van Esch
{"title":"Flapping vortex dynamics of two coupled side-by-side flexible plates submerged in the wake of a square cylinder","authors":"Bin Xu, Hao Wang, Weibin Zhang, Yilin Deng, Xiaoju Shen, Desheng Zhang, B. (Bart) van Esch","doi":"10.1063/5.0191621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0191621","url":null,"abstract":"The flapping vortex dynamics of two flexible plates submerged side-by-side in the wake of a square cylinder are investigated through a two-way fluid–structure interaction (FSI) simulation. The gap between the two plates can stabilize wakes, lengthen vortex formation, elongate vortices, suppress vortex shedding, and decrease hydrodynamic forces. The numerical results indicate that the two flexible plates can exhibit four distinct modes of coupled motion: out-of-phase flapping, in-phase flapping, transition flapping, and decoupled flapping, depending on the gap spacing. Additionally, it is discovered that each of the four coupling modes has a unique pattern of vortex development. The findings of this study should proved valuable in the design of FSI-based piezoelectric energy harvesters utilizing cylinder–plate systems.","PeriodicalId":517827,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fluid Engineering","volume":"135 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140423152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of interface model on performance of a vortex pump in CFD simulations","authors":"Wenguang Li","doi":"10.1063/5.0196213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0196213","url":null,"abstract":"That the predicted head of a vortex pump is higher than that measured experimentally is very common in simulations of turbulent flow in such pumps. To identify why, reported here is a study of the turbulent flow of water in a vortex pump with a specific speed of 76 and fluid domains with 1/8-impeller and whole-impeller geometrical models and smooth walls using the 3D steady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations, the standard k–ɛ model, and a scalable wall function in ANSYS CFX 2019 R2. The results show that the aforementioned phenomenon is related to the choice of interface model. With the 1/8-impeller model, the head predicted by the frozen rotor model agrees with the experimental head. By contrast, the transient rotor model provides a reasonably accurate head against the experimental head but requires huge computing resources and overestimates the pump efficiency, and the stage model is unsuitable for predicting the head of the pump. The flow patterns in the vaneless chamber and impeller predicted with the 1/8-impeller model are more uniform because of artificial fluid mixing on the interface than those predicted with the whole-impeller model by using the frozen rotor model, and the flow patterns predicted with the whole-impeller model by using the transient rotor model are in between. The hydraulic performance of the pump is predicted with the 1/8-impeller model and frozen rotor model at various viscosities, and the flow-rate, head, and efficiency correction factors are determined and correlated with the impeller Reynolds number.","PeriodicalId":517827,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fluid Engineering","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140420033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rapid validation of water wave metamaterials in a desktop-scale wave measurement system","authors":"Yi Huang, S. Dai, Zhi-Ming Yuan, Laibing Jia","doi":"10.1063/5.0191033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0191033","url":null,"abstract":"Metamaterials have a unique ability to manipulate wave phenomena beyond their natural capabilities, and they have shown great promise in electromagnetic and acoustic wave control. However, their exploration in hydrodynamics remains limited. This article introduces a novel desktop-scale wave measurement system, specifically designed for the rapid prototyping and validation of water wave metamaterials. By utilizing 3D printing, the system accelerates the transition from theoretical designs to practical testing, offering a versatile and user-friendly platform. This is further enhanced by a synchronized stereo-camera setup and advanced data processing algorithms, enabling precise measurement and reconstruction of water wave behavior. Our experimental results demonstrate the system’s effectiveness in capturing intricate interactions between engineered structures and water waves. This significantly advances rapid prototyping for water wave metamaterial research, underscoring the system’s potential to catalyze further innovation in this emerging field.","PeriodicalId":517827,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fluid Engineering","volume":"152 S309","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140428537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ijas Muhammed, Shamsia Banu N, A. Suryan, V. Lijo, D. Šimurda, Heuy Dong Kim
{"title":"Computational study of flow separation in truncated ideal contour nozzles under high-altitude conditions","authors":"Ijas Muhammed, Shamsia Banu N, A. Suryan, V. Lijo, D. Šimurda, Heuy Dong Kim","doi":"10.1063/5.0190399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0190399","url":null,"abstract":"Flow separation in rocket nozzles has been studied mostly under sea-level conditions, which fail to take into account changes in ambient density and ambient pressure during the flight of a rocket. In the present study, numerical analysis is conducted of flow characteristics within a truncated ideal contour (TIC) nozzle to investigate the influence of ambient density and pressure on flow separation. Six different altitudes from a typical flight are considered, from a very low altitude to a high altitude. The flow is analyzed by varying the nozzle pressure ratios corresponding to these altitudes. Both cold flow and hot flow simulations are conducted. The locations of separation positions at various altitude conditions are accurately captured and are found to be in good agreement with experimental results. The results of the study establish that for a given nozzle pressure ratio, the flow separation point is shifted upstream with increasing altitude. This clearly points to a dependence of separation position on the altitude of operation for TIC rocket nozzles.","PeriodicalId":517827,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Fluid Engineering","volume":"88 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140428995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}