Effects of computational grids and turbulence models on numerical simulation of centrifugal pump with CFD

Abstract

In order to verify accurately the effects of computational grids and turbulence models on CFD numerical simulation of centrifugal pump, the calculation results of the different mesh numbers coupling with five kinds of turbulence models are compared. These parts of models (e.g. wear ring and tongue) are meshed with the local refinement technology. At design condition, with CFX software on the Dawning TC3600 parallel computer cluster, the calculation results of phase coupling six different mesh numbers from 1 million to 25 million with five different turbulence models (K-Epsilon, SSG Reynolds Stress, K epsilon EARSM, RNG K-Epsilon, K-Omega) are used to make performance prediction and to analyze the internal flow field. And the comparison between performance prediction results and experimental results are analyzed. It is confirmed that the calculation results are quite different with different turbulence models, and the result under K epsilon EARSM model is better than the others. And it shows that the internal flow in centrifugal pump is depicted more perfect with the increase of mesh numbers. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.