Experimental Analysis of Flow Structure in Contra-Rotating Axial Flow Pump Designed with Different Rotational Speed Concept

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摘要 Asahighspecificspeedpump,thecontra-rotatingaxialflowpumpdistinguishesitselfinarearrotorrotatingintheoppositedirectionofthefrontrotor,whichremarkablycontributestotheenergyconversion,thereductionofthepumpsize,betterhydraulicandcavitationperformances.However,withtworotorsrotatingreversely,thesignificantinteractionbetweenbladerowswasobservedinourprototypecontra-rotatingrotors,whichhighlyaffectedthepumpperformancecomparedwiththeconventionalaxialflowpumps.Consequently,anewtypeofrearrotorwasdesignedbytherotationalspeedoptimizationmethodologywithsomeadditionalconsiderations,aimingatbettercavitationperformance,thereductionofbladerowsinteractionandthesecondaryflowsuppression.Thenewrearrotorshowedasatisfactoryperformanceatthedesignflowratebutanunfavorablepositiveslopeofthehead-flowratecurveinthepartialflowraterangelessthan40%ofthedesignflowrate,whichshouldbeavoidedforthereliabilityofpump-pipesystems.Inthepresentresearch,tounderstandtheinternalflowfieldofnewrearrotoranditsrelationtotheperformancesatthepartialflowrates,thevelocitydistributionsattheinletsandoutletsoftherotorsarefirstlyinvestigated.Then,theboundarylayerflowsonrotorsurfaces,whichclearlyreflectthesecondaryflowinsidetherotors,areanalyzedthroughthelimitingstreamlineobservationsusingthemulti-coloroil-filmmethod.Finally,theunsteadynumericalsimulationsarecarriedouttounderstandthecomplicatedinternalflowstructuresintherotors.
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出版日期 2013年04月14日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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