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Effects of Annular Seals on the Stability of Centrifugal Pump Rotors (遠心펌프 回轉軸系의 安定性에 미치는 시일의 影響)

  • 양보석;오세규;암곤탁삼
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.56-61
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    • 1986
  • Rotor dynamic response of pumps is greatly influenced by the nature of the hydraulic forces arising from wearing seal, balance drum and impeller, etc.. Therefore, rotor dynamic analysis should be conducted during the design stage in order to aleviate some of the vibrational problems which might occur during the operational life of pumps. Previsousely, the authors have proposed the method to obtain the dynamic seal coefficients of the annular plain seal, convergent and divergent tapered seals, parallel grooved seal, spiral grooved seal and annular stepped seal. On the basis of these results, this paper presents the investigated effect of seals on the stability behavior of a centrifugal pump. The results show the effects of seal geometry, pressure difference, clearance, length/diameter ratio, on stability behavior.

Development of Pressurizer Level Control System using Centrifugal Charging Pump and Letdown Orifices for YGN 5&6

  • Jeong, Won-Sang;Shon, Suk-Whun;Seo, Ho-Taek;Seo, Jong-Tae;Lee, Sang-Keun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1996.05a
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    • pp.484-490
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    • 1996
  • The Pressurizer Level Control System (PLCS) logic for YGN 5&6 was developed to incorporate the design changes on the Chemical and Volume Control System (CVCS). The YGN 5&6 CVCS uses the centrifugal charging pumps and letdown orifices replacing the positive displacement pumps and letdown control valves in the YGN 3&4 and UCN 3&4. The purpose of this study is to develop new PLCS as well as validate newly developed control logic and its implementation method in the simulation computer code. The analysis results show that the new PLCS has adequate ability to control the pressurizer level in response to the design bases events, and the simulation computer code is useful for YGN 5&6 NSSS design code.

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Hydraulic Force and Impeller Evaluation of a Centrifugal Heart Pump

  • Timms, D.L;Tan, A.C.C;Pearcy, M-J;Mcneil, K;Galbraith, A
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.376-381
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    • 2004
  • A rig was constructed to test the performance characteristics and compare the hydraulic forces exerted on a centrifugal type artificial heart impeller. A conventional shaft. seal and bearing system. while driven by a small electric motor. supported the impeller which was separated from the pump casing by a six degree of freedom force transducer (JR3 Ine). Radial (x. y) and axial (z) hydraulic forces were recorded and compared. At physiological operating conditions. the results indicate that the double entry/exit centrifugal pump encounters a smaller radial force and significantly reduced axial thrust. These experimental results are valuable in the design of a magnetic bearing system to suspend the impeller of a centrifugal artificial heart pump. This experimental technique may also be applied to evaluate the required capacity and predict the lifetime of contact bearings in marine pumps.

Air Influx Characteristics of Turbo Pumps (공기 유입시의 터보펌프 특성)

  • Kim, You-Taek;Nam, Cheong-Do;Kang, Ho-Keun;Lee, Young-Ho
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.12a
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 2004
  • A screw-type centrifugal pump was manufactured to carry solids primarily and its impeller has a wide flow passage. However, the effect of flow passage shape on delay of the choke due to entrained air has not been clarified yet. Moreover, because its impeller has a particular shape, only few studies have tried to clarify the pump performance and details of internal flow pattern of that pump. For that reason, we carried out the pump performance experiment under air-water two-phase flow condition with different impeller tip clearances, pump rotational speeds and void fractions by using a small screw-type centrifugal pump designed to acquire basic data. In a general centrifugal pump, it was reported that loss of pump head from single-phase flow to the choke due to air entrainment new the best efficiency point was large. However, the loss near the best efficient point in a screw-type centrifugal pump became less than that in a general centrifugal pump.

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Experimental Study on Fluid Viscosity Effects for Centrifugal Turbopump Efficiency (유체점성에 따른 원심형 터보펌프 효율에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Jin-Sun;Choi, Chang-Ho;Ko, Youngsung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.20 no.6
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    • pp.91-100
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    • 2016
  • Efficiency characteristics of centrifugal turbopumps for a liquid rocket engine were investigated. Predicting the performance of pumps for a turbopump assembly test, the variation on pump efficiency by working fluids was analyzed from pump component tests. Water and liquid nitrogen (LN2) were used for the component test, kerosene (Jet A-1) and liquid oxygen (LOX) were adapted for the turbopump assembly (TPU) test as working fluids. Overall performance of the pumps was investigated covering design/off-design operating points and the pump efficiency on the environment of real media (LOX/kerosene) could be modified from the pump component tests.

The Development of Software for Design of Centrifugal Pumps (원심펌프 설계 소프트웨어 개발)

  • Pak, Ee-Tong;Yoo, Ho-Seon;Kwon, Yang-Koo
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.50-60
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    • 1991
  • A centrifugal pump was selected as a basic study, for it was utilized widely at the industry among various types of pumps. The purpose of this study was to develop the software for design of centrifugal pump. The step of this design was divided into two stages. First, the impeller was designed by the experiences and theory of A.J.Stepanoff, and the head was checked whether the design of impeller was acceptable. Second, the volute chamber was designed by the Archimedes spiral. Then, These procedures of impeller and volute chamber were developed into the software in C-language. Checked the validity of the developed software, the results were consistent with the actual pump produced domestically.

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Effects of the Impeller Shapes on the Non-Clogging and the Screw-type Centrifugal Pump Performances (논클로그 및 스크류식 원심펌프의 임펠러 형상이 펌프성능에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Dong-Joo;Suh, Sang-Ho;Sung, Sun-Kyung
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.1 no.1 s.1
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    • pp.81-89
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    • 1998
  • In this study, the effects of the impeller shapes on the pump performances of the non-clogging and the screw-type centrifugal pumps are experimentally studied. The characteristics of total head, efficiency and power of the non-clogging pump increase as the number of vanes increases. The screw-type centrifugal pump with the linear-shape vane shows a little better performance than that of the screw-type centrifugal pump with the curved-shape vane. The differences in the characteristics of total head, efficiency and power are, however, insignificant. Therefore, it is advisable that, considering the convenience of pump manufacturing, the screw-type centrifugal pump with the linear-shape vane should be used. This study also compares the pump characteristics of the non-clogging pump and screw-type centrifugal pump. The characteristics of total head and efficiency of the non-clogging pump are better than those of the screw-type centrifugal pump. The screw-type centrifugal pump requires more shaft power than the non-clogging pump.

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Dynamic Characteristics of the Double Volute Double Suction Centrifugal Pump Using Measured Vibration Data (진동응답 측정에 의한 이중 벌류트형 양흡입 원심펌프의 동적특성)

  • 최복록;박진무
    • Journal of KSNVE
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.500-507
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    • 2000
  • Dynamic forces due to mechanical and hydraulic related causes are always exerted on operating turbomachinery such as centrifugal pumps. To ensure the safety and the reliability of the pump. the magnitudes of the vibration must be kept within an acceptable limit. The focus of this paper is on the identification of the vibration behavior and the quantitative analysis of the hydraulic excitation forces. As the structure becomes more complex finite element analysis is essential to accurately predict the vibration characteristics and the excitation forces, This paper presents an experimental and analytical technique to find and solve to vibration problems in double volute double suction centrifugal pump. Measured vibration data due to the dynamic forces are presented and individual causes are identified, finally excitation forces of the pump are inversely estimated at each frequency on operating conditions.

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