Analysis on the blade inlet pressure fluctuation of the centrifugal pump based on les

Abstract

In order to study the characteristics of the blade inlet pressure fluctuation under unsteady flow in centrifugal pump, a three-dimensional model of a pump ns=50 was built. Based on large eddy simulation (LES), the inner flow field of the pump was simulated by the flow field simulation software Fluent in design condition and off-design conditions. The pressure fluctuation of the monitored points was obtained at the blade suction surface and pressure surface at impeller inlet, which was analyzed by time and frequency domain with Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT). The results show that the pressure fluctuation of inlet and outlet in large flow rate is more obvious than low flow rate. It is easily found that the static pressure of outlet in 1.2Qd condition has five peaks and five valleys, but this phenomenon does not exist in 0.6 Qd condition. In the time domain spectrums, the static pressure curve has five peaks and five valleys that the maximum pressure is positive number and the minimum pressure is negative number. In the frequency domains spectrums, the frequency of FFT factors peak is lower than the blade passing frequency 241.65Hz. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.