LAPSE:2019.1010
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LAPSE:2019.1010
Study on Wear Properties of the Flow Parts in a Centrifugal Pump Based on EDEM−Fluent Coupling
Si Huang, Jiaxing Huang, Jiawei Guo, Yushi Mo
September 13, 2019
By using EDEM−Fluent codes and coupling the continuous fluid medium with a solid particle discrete element, the solid−liquid two-phase flow field in a centrifugal pump was simulated under the same inlet conditions of the particle volume fraction and three flow conditions of 0.7Qd, 1.0Qd and 1.3Qd. By introducing the Archard wear model, the wear was calculated, and the wear law was obtained for the pump flow parts such as the leading edge of the impeller blade, blade tip, blade pressure side, blade suction side, impeller shroud, hub and volute. The results demonstrate that the wear of volute is about 70% of the total wear of pump. The wear in the impeller mainly occurs in the blade leading edge, the junction of the hub and the trailing part of the blade pressure side, and the junction of the shroud and the rear part of the blade suction side. Under lower flow conditions, the wear in the impeller shroud is relatively considerable. As the flow rate increases, the wear in the blade pressure side and the hub increases significantly.
Keywords
centrifugal pump, EDEM–Fluent coupling, numerical simulation, solid–liquid two-phase flow, wear
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Huang S, Huang J, Guo J, Mo Y. Study on Wear Properties of the Flow Parts in a Centrifugal Pump Based on EDEM−Fluent Coupling. (2019). LAPSE:2019.1010
Author Affiliations
Huang S: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Huang J: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China [ORCID]
Guo J: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Mo Y: Kenflo Pumps Co. Ltd., Foshan 528000, China
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Processes
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7
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7
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E431
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2019
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2019-07-09
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2227-9717
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