Off-design performance prediction for diffuser pumps

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-202

  Sun, J ^a,b   Tsukamoto, H ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Diffuser pump; Impeller radial force; Inlet recirculation; Pump instability; Pump off design performance; Rotating stall; Rotor dynamics; Rotor stator interaction; System characteristics; Unsteady radial force

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSERS (FLUID); DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DUCTS; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATORS;

DIFFUSER PUMPS;

PUMPS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIFFUSER; FLOW ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PUMP;

EID: 0035165798     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0957650011538460     Document Type: Article

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