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The three-dimensional internal flow field of centrifugal pump is complex and variable with design parameters and operation conditions. The post-processing technique named differential amplification method was proposed for the comparison study of different flow structures. The full steady flow fields of an industrial centrifugal pump working on-design and off-design points were numerically investigated by solving Reynolds average Navier-Stokes equations together with a shear−stress transport (SST) k−ω turbulence model. And the numerically predicted performance curves of the studied pump agree well with test measurement results. Compared with the flow flied on design point under the help of differential amplification method, the disturbance caused by interaction between blade and volute tongue is very obvious and it extends to the diffuser pipe on the working point with 0.8 times rated flux. While on the point with 1.2 times rated flux, the flow distribution in impeller region is roughly even and it flows more to the bottom section of the diffuser pipe. The above method was proved to be good at displaying the subtle secondary flow structure changes with a higher resolution effect relative to single isolated case observation, which helps the optimization decision-making from multiple design cases.
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Foundation item: Project(2014GK3150) supported by Science and Technology Plan of Hunan Province, China
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Zhang, Hh., Deng, Sx. & Qu, Yj. Differential amplification method for flow structures analysis of centrifugal pump between design and off-design points. J. Cent. South Univ. 24, 1443–1449 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-017-3548-z
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