• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2001년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.264-270
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• 2001

The hydraulic performance analysis of an entire pump system composed of an inducer, impeller, volute and seal for the application on turbopumps is performed using three-dimensional Wavier-Stokes equations. A quasi-steady mixing-plane method is used on the impeller/volute interface to simulate the unsteady interaction phenomena. From this wort the effects of each component on the pump performance are investigated at design and off-design conditions through the analysis of flow structures and loss mechanisms. The computational results are in a good agreement with experimental ones in terms of the headrise and efficiency even though very complex flow structures are present. It is found that the asymmetric pressure distribution along the volute wall constitutes the main reason of the difference between experimental and computational results due to the limitation of the applying the quasi-steady method. Since the volute was found to be over-designed according to the pressure distribution of the volute wall, redesign of the volute has been performed resulting in an improved performance characteristic.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2002

The hydraulic performance analysis of an entire pump system composed of inducer, impeller, volute and seal for the application of turbopumps is numerically performed using three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. A quasi-steady mixing-plane method is used on the impeller/volute interface to simulate the unsteady interaction phenomena. From this work, the effects of each component on the pump performance are investigated at design and off-design conditions through the analysis of flow structures and loss mechanisms. The computational results are in a good agreement with experimental ones in terms of the headrise and efficiency even though very complex flow structures are present. It is found that the asymmetric pressure distribution along the volute wall constitutes the main reason of the difference between experimental and computational results, due to the limitation of the quasi-steady method. Since the volute was found to be over-designed by the pressure distribution of the volute wall, re-design of the volute has been performed, resulting in an improved performance characteristic.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.64-71
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• 1998

The non-uniform pressure generated in the volute generally are propagating upstream. As a result, outlet conditions of rotaing impeller are changed and the performance degrades. The major object of this research is to develop the numerical method which can calculate the effects of impeller and volute flow field interactions. Under the assumption of steady three-dimensional incompressible turbulent flow, the time averaged N-S equations involving $k-{\epsilon}$ turbulent model was solved by the F.V.M. To verify the computational method, the calculations are compared with experimental results published in literature and show satisfactory agreement with them, The three-dimensional flow characteristics within the volute of a centrifugal fan at design and off-design operating points have also been studied.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.1147-1155
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• 2002

Discharge flows from a centrifugal pump impeller with a specific speed of 150 [rpm, m$^3$/min, m] were experimentally investigated. A large axisymmetric collector instead of a volute casing was installed to obtain circumferentially uniform flow, i.e. without interaction of the impeller and the volute. The unsteady flow was measured at the impeller exit and vaneless diffuser using a hot film probe and a pressure transducer. The flow at impeller exit showed pronounced jet-wake flow patterns. The wake, which was on the suction/hub side at high flow rate, became enlarged pitchwisely on both the hub and the shroud side as the flow rate decreases. The pitchwise non-uniformity of the flow rapidly decreased along the downstream and the non-uniformity almost disappeared at radius ratio of 1.18 for medium flow rate. The mean vaneless diffuser flow was reasonably predicted using a one dimensional analysis when an empirical constant was used to specify the skin friction coefficient. The data can be used for a centrifugal pump impeller design and validation of CFD codes and flow modeling.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.531-538
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• 2013

원심압축기에서 볼류트는 임펠러와 디퓨저를 통해 나온 유동을 모아주는 역할을 한다. 압축기의 운전점에 따라 볼류트 내부 발생하는 와류의 세기나 패턴이 달라진다. 압축기 설부에서는 압축기의 운전점에 따라 재유입 유동의 특성이 변화하고, 이러한 특성은 압축기의 성능 및 탈설계점에서의 특성을 이해하는데 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 PIV를 이용하여 압축기의 운전점에 따라 볼류트 내부에 발생하는 스크롤 와류를 측정하였으며, 압축기 설부 근처에서 유동장을 측정한 결과 유량계수가 감소할수록, 설부 측에 발생하는 박리영역이 줄어들고 압축기로 재유입되는 유동이 커지는 것을 알 수 있다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.3722-3730
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• 2015

하수 처리용으로 사용되는 소형 원심 압축기의 베인 없는 디퓨져와 볼류트 케이싱의 성능 개선을 수행하였다. 기존의 두 모델은 임펠러가 동일하나, 베인 없는 디퓨져의 폭과 길이 및 볼류트 케이싱의 형상은 서로 다르다. 기존 모델에 대한 실험과 유동해석 결과를 바탕으로 베인 없는 디퓨져와 볼류트 케이싱의 설계를 변경하였다. 세 모델에 대한 연구 결과로부터, 볼류트 케이싱의 단면적 및 입구 반경 길이는 볼류트 혀와 베인 없는 디퓨져 및 임펠러와의 상호작용 강도에 영향을 주었고, 시스템 손실량에 변화를 나타내었다. 베인 없는 디퓨져 폭이 감소하면 임펠러의 효율은 증가했지만 디퓨져에서의 손실도 증가하였다. 결과적으로 개선된 모델의 효율이 설계 점에서 기존 대비 약 2.88%p 향상된 것이 유동해석 결과로 확인되었다.

• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.132-139
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• 2003

The effects of casing shapes on the performance and the interaction between an impeller and a casing in a small-sized centrifugal compressor are investigated. Especially, numerical analyses are conducted for the centrifugal compressor with both a circular casing and a volute one. The optimum design for each element (i.e., impeller, diffuser and casing) is important to develop an efficient and compact compressor using alternative refrigerant as working fluids. Typical rotating speed of the compressor is in the range of 40,000∼45,000 rpm. The impeller has backswept blades due to tip clearance and a vane diffuser has wedge type. In order to predict the flow pattern inside an entire impeller, vaneless diffuser and casing, calculations with multiple frames of reference method between the rotating and stationery parts of the domain are carried out. For computations of compressible turbulent flow fields, the continuity and time-averaged Navier-Stokes equations are employed. To evaluate the performance of two types of casings, the static pressure recovery and loss coefficients are obtained for various flow rates. Also, static pressure distributions around casings are studied for different casing shapes, which are very important to predict the distribution of radial load. The static pressure around the casing and pressure difference between the inlet and outlet of the compressor are measured for the circular casing.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2006

액체로켓용 터보펌프의 설계과정에서 정확한 성능예측을 위해서 인듀서, 임펠러, 볼류트, 실 등의 펌프의 모든 부분을 포함한 유동해석을 수행하였다. 계산시간을 줄이기 위해서 인듀서와 임펠러는 주기조건을 사용하여 하나의 블레이드 통로만 해석하였으며, 인듀서와 임펠러, 임펠러와 볼류트 등의 상호작용은 정상적 해석법인 혼합면 기법을 사용하였다. 펌프의 모든 부분을 포함한 계산을 통하여 인듀서, 임펠러, 볼류트 등의 단독 유동해석을 통해서는 예측할 수 없는 펌프설계의 매우 중요한 부분인 축추력 등을 예측할 수 있었으며, 각 부품이 전체 성능에 미치는 영향을 자세히 파악할 수 있었다. 계산결과를 실험결과와 비교하였는데, 양정, 효율, 볼류트 외벽 압력분포 등에서 실험결과와 잘 일치하였다. 또한 실험으로 검증하지는 못하였지만, 축추력, 반경방향 힘 등의 예측값도 설계요구조건을 만족시키는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 펌프의 전부분을 포함한 유동해석법은 터보펌프의 설계 및 성능예측에 매우 유용하게 적용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2000년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.36-44
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• 2000

The flow at the impeller exit is important to validate engineering design and numerical analysis of pumps. We installed axisymmetric collector instead of the volute casing, so there is no interaction between the impeller and casing. A hot-film probe and a high response pressure transducer are used to investigate the flow at impeller exit and vaneless diffuser region for design and off design flow rate. For a single suction centrifugal pump of low specific speed, the flow field such as velocity, flow angle, and total pressure are measured by traversing the probe across the vaneless diffuser. These data can be used for performance prediction, design, and numerical analysis of pumps.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.1031-1038
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• 2002

The effects of casing shape on the performance and interaction between the impeller and casing in a small-size turbo-compressor are investigated. Numerical analysis is conducted for the compressor with circular and single volute casings from inlet to discharge nozzle. In order to predict the flow pattern inside the entire impeller, vaneless diffuer and casing, calculations with multiple frames of reference method between the rotating and stationery parts of the domain are carried out. For compressible turbulent flow fields, the continuity and three-dimensional time-averaged Wavier-Stokes equations are employed. To evaluate the performance of two types of casings, the static pressure and loss coefficients are obtained with various flow rates. Also, static pressure distributions around casings are studied for different casing shapes, which are very important to predict the distribution of radial load. To prove the accuracy of numerical results, measurements of static pressure around casing and pressure difference between the inlet and outlet of the compressor are peformed for the circular casing. Comparisons of these results between the experimental and numerical analyses are conducted, and reasonable agreement is obtained.