Analysis of Applicability of CFD Numerical Studies Applied to Problem When Pump Working as Turbine

[EN] The present research depicts an analysis of the implementation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the study of pumps such as turbines and PATs. To highlight the benefits of CFDs for PAT studies, results from both experimental tests have been compared to better understand the reproduction...

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Autores: Plua, Frank, Hidalgo, Victor, López Jiménez, Petra Amparo|||0000-0002-7043-3683, Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto|||0000-0001-8316-7778
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/180136
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/180136
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pump as turbine (PAT)
Computational fluid dynamics
Rotational speed
Variable speed
Centrifugal pump
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Sumario:[EN] The present research depicts an analysis of the implementation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the study of pumps such as turbines and PATs. To highlight the benefits of CFDs for PAT studies, results from both experimental tests have been compared to better understand the reproduction error phenomena. For this, data analysis used in successful models has been applied to determine variables and parameters, and to report a low relative error. The results show that most of the studies focused on fixed speed rotation with some cases of variable speed rotation. Furthermore, there is not enough information in the academic literature for PAT of axial and mixed flows with fixed and variable speed. Finally, turbulence models based on Reynolds average Navier-Stokes (RANS) have been used to simulate PATs with fixed speed rotation in most cases.