CFD SIMULATION OF A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP IMPELLER WITH VARIATIONS OF NUMBER OF BLADES

The purpose of this paper is to model and simulate the water flow into the impeller of a centrifugal pump. Using CFD techniques two impellers were modeled, differing only by the number of blades of each one (6 and  10). From the results of the simulations, the impeller’s characteristic and the resul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rosa, Henrique Marcio Pereira, Emerick, Bruno Silva
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
Repositorio:The Journal of Engineering and Exact Sciences
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.ufv.br:article/2451
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufv.br/jcec/article/view/2451
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Centrifugal Pump Impeller
Number of Blades
Numerical Simulation.
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Sumario:The purpose of this paper is to model and simulate the water flow into the impeller of a centrifugal pump. Using CFD techniques two impellers were modeled, differing only by the number of blades of each one (6 and  10). From the results of the simulations, the impeller’s characteristic and the results were compared for each impeller. The model with 10 blades was more efficient for a real application of a centrifugal pump. All the results have shown themselves consistent with the turbomachinery theory, proving the efficiency of CFD simulation tools in the project of this kind of equipment