Affiliation:
1. Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
2. Wenling Fluid Machinery Technology Institute of Jiangsu University, Wenling 317500, China
Abstract
Guide vane submersible centrifugal pumps are a kind of submersible pump, and the fluid inside the pump is often mixed with gravel and other impurities during operation, affecting the pump’s operating efficiency and life expectancy. However, past studies on solid–liquid two-phase flow (STF) and wear characteristics in guided vane centrifugal pumps have been limited to the particle trajectory and wear region distribution. These studies have lacked research on the effect of particles on the fluid flow and the specific amount of wear on the overflow components. Additionally, most of them have used the DPM discrete-phase model, which does not consider the particle–particle and particle–wall interactions. This paper is based on the CFD–DEM method, combined with the Archard wear model. A solid–liquid two-phase flow simulation is carried out for pumps with different particle sizes and particle shapes to analyze the particle movement inside the pump, the wear distribution and average wear amount of the overflow components, and the effect of particles on the turbulent kinetic energy of the fluid. The results show that the particles mainly collide with the leading and trailing edges of the impeller blades and the leading edge of the guide vane blades and form a buildup at the trailing edge of the concave surface of the guide vane blades, resulting in the wear being mainly distributed in these regions. With an increase in particle size and a decrease in sphericity, the average wear on the overflow components increases. The change of particle size directly affects the resistance of the fluid and the structure of the flow field, which has a large impact on the fluid flow pattern and generates large turbulent kinetic energy fluctuations. The shape of the particles only changes the structure of the local flow field, which has a small impact on the fluid flow pattern.
Funder
Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Program
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