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SELF-COUPLING NUMERICAL CALCULATION OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMP STARTUP PROCESS
L. Cheng, Y. L. Zhang†
College of Mechanical Engineering, Quzhou University, Quzhou, Zhejiang, 324000, China
† Corresponding author. Email: zhang002@sina.com
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2022, 18, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.18.26
Abstract
To obtain the transient characteristics of a centrifugal pump during a rapid startup process accurately, a circulating piping system, including the
pump, is established. A full three-dimensional unsteady incompressible viscous flow of a low-specific speed centrifugal pump during rapid startup is
numerically simulated using the finite volume method, RNG k-ε turbulence model, sliding grid technology, dynamic grid technology, and userdefined function. Results show that the effect of dynamic and static interference becomes remarkably evident with the increase in speed in the
starting process. The effect of dynamic and static interference makes the flow rate show small fluctuation characteristics, and the flow rate rises
slowly in the initial stage of startup. The evolution of the transient flow field lags behind that of the quasi-steady flow field, which may be related to
the fact that the pressure energy is not converted into kinetic energy in time during the transient process. The entire startup process shows evident
transient behavior.
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Cite This Article
Cheng, L., Zhang, Y. L. (2022). SELF-COUPLING NUMERICAL CALCULATION OF CENTRIFUGAL PUMP STARTUP PROCESS.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 18(1), 1–6.