Numerical simulation of the flow in a centrifugal pump with a vaned diffuser

ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJK 2011

Volumn 1, Issue PARTS A, B, C, D, 2011, Pages 1791-1800

  Segala, Willian ^a   Stel, Henrique ^a   Hungria, Vanessa ^a   Morales, Rigoberto E M ^a   Vicent, Sergio C ^b   Bannwart, Antônio ^c   Negrão, Cezar O R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST EFFICIENCY POINT; GEOMETRIC SIMPLIFICATION; IMPELLER-DIFFUSER INTERFACE; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ROTOR-STATOR INTERFACE; SIMILARITY RELATIONS; TRANSIENT CALCULATION;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; PUMPS; TURBULENCE MODELS;

IMPELLERS;

EID: 84881413215     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/AJK2011-05014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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