A scientific hypothesis is proposed and preliminarily verified in this paper: under the driving of seepage flows, there might be a vertical migration of fine-grained soil particles from interior to surface of seabed, ...A scientific hypothesis is proposed and preliminarily verified in this paper: under the driving of seepage flows, there might be a vertical migration of fine-grained soil particles from interior to surface of seabed, which is defined as ‘sub-bottom sediment pump action' in this paper. Field experiments were performed twice on the intertidal flat of the Yellow River delta to study this process via both trapping the pumped materials and recording the pore pressures in the substrate. Experimental results are quite interesting as we did observe yellow slurry which is mainly composed of fine-grained soil particles appearing on the seabed surface; seepage gradients were also detected in the intertidal flat, under the action of tides and small wind waves. Preliminary conclusions are that ‘sediment pump' occurs when seepage force exceeds a certain threshold: firstly, it is big enough to disconnect the soil particles from the soil skeleton; secondly, the degree of seabed fluidization or bioturbation is big enough to provide preferred paths for the detached materials to migrate upwards. Then they would be firstly pumped from interior to the surface of seabed and then easily re-suspended into overlying water column. Influential factors of ‘sediment pump' are determined as hydrodynamics(wave energy), degree of consolidation, index of bioturbation(permeability) and content of fine-grained materials(sedimentary age). This new perspective of ‘sediment pump' may provide some implications for the mechanism interpretation of several unclear geological phenomena in the Yellow River delta area.展开更多
In order to investigate the self-priming process of the self-priming pump,an unsteady simulation was conducted where the Navier-Stokes equations were used with the Lagrangian-Eularian mo-del.In course of this investig...In order to investigate the self-priming process of the self-priming pump,an unsteady simulation was conducted where the Navier-Stokes equations were used with the Lagrangian-Eularian mo-del.In course of this investigation,the volume fractions,pressure distribution and self-priming time were carried out.By analyzing the volume,velocity and pressure distribution of the gas-liquid two-phase flow at different time,the two-phase content via the variation law of the two-phase flow in the pump was carried out.By monitoring and analyzing the gas-liquid flow at the outlet of the pump,the self-priming time and crucial periods were given.Two phenomena were mainly characterized by the self-priming process such as the gas-liquid mixing and separation,which occur in the early stage of self-priming process.During that period the gas-liquid mixing clouds appear on the outer edge of the impeller,and the instantaneous void fraction at the inlet and outlet of the impeller decreases obviously.It was also established from the transient study that the gas has a major influence on the hydraulic performance of the pump at the early stage of operation.To increase the usage of self-priming pump and to also understand the energy conversion of the pump,it is very essential to investigate and establish the basic working principle of the self-priming pump.展开更多
The objective of present work is to find out the sources of fluid-borne noise in vertical inline pump for various flow rates. The three-dimensional unsteady Reynolds Average Navier Stokes equation was solved using com...The objective of present work is to find out the sources of fluid-borne noise in vertical inline pump for various flow rates. The three-dimensional unsteady Reynolds Average Navier Stokes equation was solved using computational fluid dynamics code to predict the acoustic distribution. The pump chosen for study was of low specific speed and the experimental performance characteristic was very well matched with computational head developed. PROUDMAN sound power contour analysis showed the critical zone of noise in inlet pipe,impeller,and volute. Based on this,the variations of acoustic power were depicted over the cross section of inlet pipe,along the mean streamline of inlet pipe,as well along the volute circumference. The result concludes that the predominant flow noise is at tongue region and followed by noise generated due to turbulence in inlet pipe which occurs by the sudden variation in flow passage as well it depends on the operating condition of pump. The frequency analysis gives a glimpse of understanding about the broadband noise distribution due to flow phenomenon over a frequency range.展开更多
A self-priming pump is a centrifugal pump that has the ability to prime itself. Typically, its performance dependson the configuration of its reflux hole. In this study, the ANSYS FLUENT software is used to investigat...A self-priming pump is a centrifugal pump that has the ability to prime itself. Typically, its performance dependson the configuration of its reflux hole. In this study, the ANSYS FLUENT software is used to investigate the effectsof three different radial positions of the reflux hole on gas-liquid two-phase distribution, pressure pulsation, andimp during self-priming. The research results indicate that: (1) The effective channel size for the reflux liquid toenter the volute varies depending on the location of the reflux hole. The effect of the impeller rotation on thereflux liquid becomes more obvious as the setting distance of the reflux aperture decreases. (2) The position ofthe reflux hole significantly affects the gas phase mass fraction inside the impeller, resulting in a significant reductionin the time it takes for the mass fraction to exceed 80%. (3) The position of the reflux hole significantly affectsthe average pressure on each monitoring surface. (4) Placing the reflux hole at a excessively distant radial distancecan result in an excessive vertical component. (5) The self-priming performance of the pump can be improved tosome extent by placing the return hole at a small radial distance.展开更多
The objective of the study is to find the tolerance on vane pitch dimensions of a Vertical Turbine(VT)pump impeller.For this purpose,the study is divided into two parts viz.to find the critical hydraulic eccentricity ...The objective of the study is to find the tolerance on vane pitch dimensions of a Vertical Turbine(VT)pump impeller.For this purpose,the study is divided into two parts viz.to find the critical hydraulic eccentricity of a VT pump impeller by way of numerical simulations and design of experiments to find the vane pitch tolerance using critical hydraulic eccentricity.The effect of impeller vane pitch deviations on hydraulic unbalance is examined for a vertical turbine pump using Design of Experiments(DOE).A suitable orthogonal matrix has been selected with vane pitch at different axial locations of an impeller as the control factors.Hydraulic eccentricity,which is the output of the DOE experiments is analyzed using S/N ratio,ANOM and regression analysis to find the significant control factor effecting the hydraulic unbalance and hence vibrations.The vane pitch deviation at outlet and inlet of impeller shroud geometry are found to be the most critical factor affecting the pump vibrations.展开更多
The mesozooplankton in both epipelagic and mesopelagic zones is essentially important for the study of ecosystem and biological carbon pump. Previous studies showed that the diel vertical migration (DVM) pattern of me...The mesozooplankton in both epipelagic and mesopelagic zones is essentially important for the study of ecosystem and biological carbon pump. Previous studies showed that the diel vertical migration (DVM) pattern of mesozooplankton varied among ecosystems. However, that pattern was largely unknown in the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP). The vertical distribution, DVM and community structure of mesozooplankton from the surface to 1 000 m were compared at Stas JL7K (WPWP) and MA (North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, NPSG). Two sites showed similarly low biomass in both epipelagic and mesopelagic zones, which were in accordance with oligotrophic conditions of these two ecosystems. Stronger DVM (night/day ratio) was found at JL7K (1.31) than that at MA (1.09) on surface 0–100 m, and an obvious night increase of mesopelagic biomass was observed at JL7K, which was probably due to migrators from bathypelagic zone. Active carbon flux by DVM of zooplankton was estimated to be 0.23 mmol/(m2·d) at JL7K and 0.16 mmol/(m2·d) at MA. The community structure analysis showed that calanoid copepods, cnidarians and appendicularians were the main contributors to DVM of mesozooplankton at both sites. We also compared the present result with previous studies of the two ecosystems, and suggested that the DVM of mesozooplankton was more homogeneous within the WPWP and more variable within the NPSG, though both ecosystems showed typically extremely oligotrophic conditions. The different diel vertical migration strength of mesozooplankton between NPSG and WPWP implied different efficiency of carbon pump in these two ecosystems.展开更多
The self-priming process of a pump involves a complex gas-liquid two-phase flow.Studying the distribution of gas and water and the evolution of their flow in the pump is of great importance to optimize this process an...The self-priming process of a pump involves a complex gas-liquid two-phase flow.Studying the distribution of gas and water and the evolution of their flow in the pump is of great importance to optimize this process and shorten the pump self-priming time.In the present study,a standard k-εturbulence model and a multiphase flow model have been used to simulate the self-priming pump process considering four different reflux hole areas.A comparison of the distribution of air and water distribution on the axial surface and inside the volume have been carried out for the different considered cases.The pattern formed by the streamlines at different times during the whole self-priming process has also been investigated.The results show that the velocity at the trailing edge of the impeller outlet is the largest.The flow in the pump cavity is.complicated by the formation of vortices.The number,shape and location of the vortices change depending on the considered configuration.展开更多
Heat exchange performance of vertical U-tube heat exchanger was studied with two different borehole fill materials and CFD software. Borehole surface temperature and water temperature distribution were simulated on th...Heat exchange performance of vertical U-tube heat exchanger was studied with two different borehole fill materials and CFD software. Borehole surface temperature and water temperature distribution were simulated on the condition of continuous operation for 8 h in winter with inlet water temperature being 10℃. The results show that there is no obvious difference on heat exchanger performance between the two different borehole fill materials.展开更多
The intrinsic features involving a circularly symmetric beam profile with low divergence, planar geometry as well as the increasingly enhanced power of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers （VCSELs） have made the ...The intrinsic features involving a circularly symmetric beam profile with low divergence, planar geometry as well as the increasingly enhanced power of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers （VCSELs） have made the VCSEL a promising pump source in direct end bonding to a solid-state laser medium to form the minimized, on-wafer integrated laser system. This scheme will generate a surface contact pump configuration and thus additional end thermal coupling to the laser medium through the joint interface of both materials, apart from pump beam heating. This paper analytically models temperature distributions in both VCSEL and the laser medium from the end thermal coupling regarding surface contact pump configuration using a top-emitting VCSEL as the pump source for the first time. The analytical solutions are derived by introducing relative temperature and mean temperature expressions. The results show that the end contact heating by the VCSEL could lead to considerable temperature variations associated with thermal phase shift and thermal lensing in the laser medium. However, if the central temperature of the interface is increased by less than 20 K, the end contact heating does not have a significant thermal influence on the laser medium. In this case, the thermal effect should be dominated by pump beam heating. This work provides useful analytical results for further analysis of hybrid thermal effects on those lasers pumped by a direct VCSEL bond.展开更多
The novel jet self-priming centrifugal pump,as important modern irrigation equipment,is widely used in large-scale irrigation,mine drainage and so on.In order to improve the profile streamline of blade,the inlet shape...The novel jet self-priming centrifugal pump,as important modern irrigation equipment,is widely used in large-scale irrigation,mine drainage and so on.In order to improve the profile streamline of blade,the inlet shape of impeller was designed as distorted and the outlet shape as cylindrical,which can not only improve the pump efficiency,but also shorten the self-priming time.Further,the novel jet self-priming system was proposed,by employing the jet nozzle and check valve to improve the velocity of self-priming.Meanwhile,nine different structure jet nozzles were designed based on the orthogonal design method,and the relevant self-priming experiments were performed on I level accuracy test bench in Jiangsu University.According to the greycorrelational analysis,the influence of the nozzle geometry parameters on the self-priming performance was obtained.The relationship between self-priming time and self-priming height was discussed.The test results showed that the hydraulic design of jet self-priming centrifugal pump was reasonable;all indicators met the Chinese national standard;the head reached 21.04 m and efficiency was 72.8%under the design flow condition.What is more,the self-priming performance was obviously improved by adjusting the geometrical parameters of nozzle.When the height of the self-priming process was 5.3 m,the self-priming time reached 62 s,which was much shorter than the national standard.Therefore,this research could provide reference for designing the structure of jet self-priming centrifugal pump.展开更多
The gas-liquid two-phase flow patterns of a centrifugal pump during the self-priming process were investigated numerically and experimentally.The Euler-Euler multiphase model and SST k-ω turbulence model were applied...The gas-liquid two-phase flow patterns of a centrifugal pump during the self-priming process were investigated numerically and experimentally.The Euler-Euler multiphase model and SST k-ω turbulence model were applied for simulating the self-priming process.Meanwhile,the changes of motor speed and self-priming height were considered in the simulation.The overall transient two-phase flow features and water level distributions were mapped.Results showed that the self-priming process was divided into three stages.The liquid level in inlet-pipe rose in oscillation during self-priming process.The variations of water level during self-priming process of numerical simulation and test result agreed well.The inlet-pipe(Ver)was filled at 22 s and 24 s respectively numerically and experimentally.The bubble cloud circulated in the volute during middle stage of self-priming process,and breakup into smaller bubbles by shear force and tongue,and then discharged into chamber.The bubbles in the outlet-pipe mainly included bubbly flow and slug flow at the last stage of self-priming process,which is morphologically consistent with the test results.Also,during the self-priming process,the reflux liquid was pressed by blades and fully mixed with gas;that is the way to realizing the function of self-priming.展开更多
The flow structure around the intake of a vertical pump is investigated experimentally and numerically in order to obtain a guideline in designing the optimum shape of the intake of vertical pumps, in which their inst...The flow structure around the intake of a vertical pump is investigated experimentally and numerically in order to obtain a guideline in designing the optimum shape of the intake of vertical pumps, in which their installation area is demanded to be minimum without losing the high performance. We concentrate our attention on the expansion ratio of the intake as a representative characteristic of the shape of the pumps and investigate the effect of the expansion ratio on pump performance. It is concluded that the optimum expansion ratio ranges in 1.1-1.2 if we take into consideration that the area needed for the installation of the pump should be minimum.展开更多
基金jointly supported by five projects which are respectively funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41402253,41272316,41372287)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(Nos.2014M561963,2016T90653)
文摘A scientific hypothesis is proposed and preliminarily verified in this paper: under the driving of seepage flows, there might be a vertical migration of fine-grained soil particles from interior to surface of seabed, which is defined as ‘sub-bottom sediment pump action' in this paper. Field experiments were performed twice on the intertidal flat of the Yellow River delta to study this process via both trapping the pumped materials and recording the pore pressures in the substrate. Experimental results are quite interesting as we did observe yellow slurry which is mainly composed of fine-grained soil particles appearing on the seabed surface; seepage gradients were also detected in the intertidal flat, under the action of tides and small wind waves. Preliminary conclusions are that ‘sediment pump' occurs when seepage force exceeds a certain threshold: firstly, it is big enough to disconnect the soil particles from the soil skeleton; secondly, the degree of seabed fluidization or bioturbation is big enough to provide preferred paths for the detached materials to migrate upwards. Then they would be firstly pumped from interior to the surface of seabed and then easily re-suspended into overlying water column. Influential factors of ‘sediment pump' are determined as hydrodynamics(wave energy), degree of consolidation, index of bioturbation(permeability) and content of fine-grained materials(sedimentary age). This new perspective of ‘sediment pump' may provide some implications for the mechanism interpretation of several unclear geological phenomena in the Yellow River delta area.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.51879120)。
文摘In order to investigate the self-priming process of the self-priming pump,an unsteady simulation was conducted where the Navier-Stokes equations were used with the Lagrangian-Eularian mo-del.In course of this investigation,the volume fractions,pressure distribution and self-priming time were carried out.By analyzing the volume,velocity and pressure distribution of the gas-liquid two-phase flow at different time,the two-phase content via the variation law of the two-phase flow in the pump was carried out.By monitoring and analyzing the gas-liquid flow at the outlet of the pump,the self-priming time and crucial periods were given.Two phenomena were mainly characterized by the self-priming process such as the gas-liquid mixing and separation,which occur in the early stage of self-priming process.During that period the gas-liquid mixing clouds appear on the outer edge of the impeller,and the instantaneous void fraction at the inlet and outlet of the impeller decreases obviously.It was also established from the transient study that the gas has a major influence on the hydraulic performance of the pump at the early stage of operation.To increase the usage of self-priming pump and to also understand the energy conversion of the pump,it is very essential to investigate and establish the basic working principle of the self-priming pump.
基金State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(51239005)
文摘The objective of present work is to find out the sources of fluid-borne noise in vertical inline pump for various flow rates. The three-dimensional unsteady Reynolds Average Navier Stokes equation was solved using computational fluid dynamics code to predict the acoustic distribution. The pump chosen for study was of low specific speed and the experimental performance characteristic was very well matched with computational head developed. PROUDMAN sound power contour analysis showed the critical zone of noise in inlet pipe,impeller,and volute. Based on this,the variations of acoustic power were depicted over the cross section of inlet pipe,along the mean streamline of inlet pipe,as well along the volute circumference. The result concludes that the predominant flow noise is at tongue region and followed by noise generated due to turbulence in inlet pipe which occurs by the sudden variation in flow passage as well it depends on the operating condition of pump. The frequency analysis gives a glimpse of understanding about the broadband noise distribution due to flow phenomenon over a frequency range.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Research Project No.52169018).
文摘A self-priming pump is a centrifugal pump that has the ability to prime itself. Typically, its performance dependson the configuration of its reflux hole. In this study, the ANSYS FLUENT software is used to investigate the effectsof three different radial positions of the reflux hole on gas-liquid two-phase distribution, pressure pulsation, andimp during self-priming. The research results indicate that: (1) The effective channel size for the reflux liquid toenter the volute varies depending on the location of the reflux hole. The effect of the impeller rotation on thereflux liquid becomes more obvious as the setting distance of the reflux aperture decreases. (2) The position ofthe reflux hole significantly affects the gas phase mass fraction inside the impeller, resulting in a significant reductionin the time it takes for the mass fraction to exceed 80%. (3) The position of the reflux hole significantly affectsthe average pressure on each monitoring surface. (4) Placing the reflux hole at a excessively distant radial distancecan result in an excessive vertical component. (5) The self-priming performance of the pump can be improved tosome extent by placing the return hole at a small radial distance.
文摘The objective of the study is to find the tolerance on vane pitch dimensions of a Vertical Turbine(VT)pump impeller.For this purpose,the study is divided into two parts viz.to find the critical hydraulic eccentricity of a VT pump impeller by way of numerical simulations and design of experiments to find the vane pitch tolerance using critical hydraulic eccentricity.The effect of impeller vane pitch deviations on hydraulic unbalance is examined for a vertical turbine pump using Design of Experiments(DOE).A suitable orthogonal matrix has been selected with vane pitch at different axial locations of an impeller as the control factors.Hydraulic eccentricity,which is the output of the DOE experiments is analyzed using S/N ratio,ANOM and regression analysis to find the significant control factor effecting the hydraulic unbalance and hence vibrations.The vane pitch deviation at outlet and inlet of impeller shroud geometry are found to be the most critical factor affecting the pump vibrations.
基金The National Basic Research Program(973 Program)of China under contract No.2015CB755902the China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association Program under contract No.DY135-E2-2-4+1 种基金the Scientific Research Fund of the Second Institute of Oceanography,SOA under contract No.JG1712the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41406116
文摘The mesozooplankton in both epipelagic and mesopelagic zones is essentially important for the study of ecosystem and biological carbon pump. Previous studies showed that the diel vertical migration (DVM) pattern of mesozooplankton varied among ecosystems. However, that pattern was largely unknown in the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP). The vertical distribution, DVM and community structure of mesozooplankton from the surface to 1 000 m were compared at Stas JL7K (WPWP) and MA (North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, NPSG). Two sites showed similarly low biomass in both epipelagic and mesopelagic zones, which were in accordance with oligotrophic conditions of these two ecosystems. Stronger DVM (night/day ratio) was found at JL7K (1.31) than that at MA (1.09) on surface 0–100 m, and an obvious night increase of mesopelagic biomass was observed at JL7K, which was probably due to migrators from bathypelagic zone. Active carbon flux by DVM of zooplankton was estimated to be 0.23 mmol/(m2·d) at JL7K and 0.16 mmol/(m2·d) at MA. The community structure analysis showed that calanoid copepods, cnidarians and appendicularians were the main contributors to DVM of mesozooplankton at both sites. We also compared the present result with previous studies of the two ecosystems, and suggested that the DVM of mesozooplankton was more homogeneous within the WPWP and more variable within the NPSG, though both ecosystems showed typically extremely oligotrophic conditions. The different diel vertical migration strength of mesozooplankton between NPSG and WPWP implied different efficiency of carbon pump in these two ecosystems.
文摘The self-priming process of a pump involves a complex gas-liquid two-phase flow.Studying the distribution of gas and water and the evolution of their flow in the pump is of great importance to optimize this process and shorten the pump self-priming time.In the present study,a standard k-εturbulence model and a multiphase flow model have been used to simulate the self-priming pump process considering four different reflux hole areas.A comparison of the distribution of air and water distribution on the axial surface and inside the volume have been carried out for the different considered cases.The pattern formed by the streamlines at different times during the whole self-priming process has also been investigated.The results show that the velocity at the trailing edge of the impeller outlet is the largest.The flow in the pump cavity is.complicated by the formation of vortices.The number,shape and location of the vortices change depending on the considered configuration.
基金Project(CSTC 2004AA7008 2 2) supported by Key Technologies for Development of Small Cities of ChongqingMunicipality
文摘Heat exchange performance of vertical U-tube heat exchanger was studied with two different borehole fill materials and CFD software. Borehole surface temperature and water temperature distribution were simulated on the condition of continuous operation for 8 h in winter with inlet water temperature being 10℃. The results show that there is no obvious difference on heat exchanger performance between the two different borehole fill materials.
文摘The intrinsic features involving a circularly symmetric beam profile with low divergence, planar geometry as well as the increasingly enhanced power of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers （VCSELs） have made the VCSEL a promising pump source in direct end bonding to a solid-state laser medium to form the minimized, on-wafer integrated laser system. This scheme will generate a surface contact pump configuration and thus additional end thermal coupling to the laser medium through the joint interface of both materials, apart from pump beam heating. This paper analytically models temperature distributions in both VCSEL and the laser medium from the end thermal coupling regarding surface contact pump configuration using a top-emitting VCSEL as the pump source for the first time. The analytical solutions are derived by introducing relative temperature and mean temperature expressions. The results show that the end contact heating by the VCSEL could lead to considerable temperature variations associated with thermal phase shift and thermal lensing in the laser medium. However, if the central temperature of the interface is increased by less than 20 K, the end contact heating does not have a significant thermal influence on the laser medium. In this case, the thermal effect should be dominated by pump beam heating. This work provides useful analytical results for further analysis of hybrid thermal effects on those lasers pumped by a direct VCSEL bond.
基金the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51979138, No.51609105, No.51679111, No.51409127 and No.51579118)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No.2016M601738 and 2018T110458)+7 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BE2016163, BRA2017353 and No.BK20161472)Six Talents Peak Project of Jiangsu Province (No. JNHB-CXTD-005)Jiangsu Province University Natural Sciences Foundation (Grant No. 16KJB570002)Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)National Key R&D Program Project (No.2017YFC0403703)Open Foundation of National Research Center of Pumps (Grant No.NRCP201604)Graduate Student Scientific Research Innovation Projects of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. SJKY19_2547)Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) for the financial support
文摘The novel jet self-priming centrifugal pump,as important modern irrigation equipment,is widely used in large-scale irrigation,mine drainage and so on.In order to improve the profile streamline of blade,the inlet shape of impeller was designed as distorted and the outlet shape as cylindrical,which can not only improve the pump efficiency,but also shorten the self-priming time.Further,the novel jet self-priming system was proposed,by employing the jet nozzle and check valve to improve the velocity of self-priming.Meanwhile,nine different structure jet nozzles were designed based on the orthogonal design method,and the relevant self-priming experiments were performed on I level accuracy test bench in Jiangsu University.According to the greycorrelational analysis,the influence of the nozzle geometry parameters on the self-priming performance was obtained.The relationship between self-priming time and self-priming height was discussed.The test results showed that the hydraulic design of jet self-priming centrifugal pump was reasonable;all indicators met the Chinese national standard;the head reached 21.04 m and efficiency was 72.8%under the design flow condition.What is more,the self-priming performance was obviously improved by adjusting the geometrical parameters of nozzle.When the height of the self-priming process was 5.3 m,the self-priming time reached 62 s,which was much shorter than the national standard.Therefore,this research could provide reference for designing the structure of jet self-priming centrifugal pump.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51609212,51606167,51779226 and 51976193)。
文摘The gas-liquid two-phase flow patterns of a centrifugal pump during the self-priming process were investigated numerically and experimentally.The Euler-Euler multiphase model and SST k-ω turbulence model were applied for simulating the self-priming process.Meanwhile,the changes of motor speed and self-priming height were considered in the simulation.The overall transient two-phase flow features and water level distributions were mapped.Results showed that the self-priming process was divided into three stages.The liquid level in inlet-pipe rose in oscillation during self-priming process.The variations of water level during self-priming process of numerical simulation and test result agreed well.The inlet-pipe(Ver)was filled at 22 s and 24 s respectively numerically and experimentally.The bubble cloud circulated in the volute during middle stage of self-priming process,and breakup into smaller bubbles by shear force and tongue,and then discharged into chamber.The bubbles in the outlet-pipe mainly included bubbly flow and slug flow at the last stage of self-priming process,which is morphologically consistent with the test results.Also,during the self-priming process,the reflux liquid was pressed by blades and fully mixed with gas;that is the way to realizing the function of self-priming.
文摘The flow structure around the intake of a vertical pump is investigated experimentally and numerically in order to obtain a guideline in designing the optimum shape of the intake of vertical pumps, in which their installation area is demanded to be minimum without losing the high performance. We concentrate our attention on the expansion ratio of the intake as a representative characteristic of the shape of the pumps and investigate the effect of the expansion ratio on pump performance. It is concluded that the optimum expansion ratio ranges in 1.1-1.2 if we take into consideration that the area needed for the installation of the pump should be minimum.
