Publication detail

CFD analysis of the flow field sensitivity in suction pipe on the test well configuration

KOZÁK, J. SOUKUP, L. ŠTIGLER, J.

Original Title

CFD analysis of the flow field sensitivity in suction pipe on the test well configuration

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

There is industrial demand to investigate reasons for creation of swirl at a pump inlet. Victor Kaplans Department of Fluid Engineering was asked to investigate flow in the test well and effect of the test well configuration and the discharge pipe diameter on velocity field and pre-swirl intensity at pump inlet. The obtained results and our conclusions are summarized in this contribution. The main task was to confirm or disprove usability of the test well for testing vertical pumps of flow rates up to 10000 m3/h. The existing test well was commonly used for testing pumps of flow rates up to 4300 m3/h without any problems.

Keywords

CFD, RSM, test well, swirl, pump

Authors

KOZÁK, J.; SOUKUP, L.; ŠTIGLER, J.

RIV year

2014

Released

23. 9. 2014

ISBN

978-80-227-4249-8

Book

Hydroturbo 2014 - Zborník abstraktov

Pages from

76

Pages to

78

Pages count

3

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT112196,
  author="Jiří {Kozák} and Lubomír {Soukup} and Jaroslav {Štigler}",
  title="CFD analysis of the flow field sensitivity in suction pipe on the test well configuration",
  booktitle="Hydroturbo 2014 - Zborník abstraktov",
  year="2014",
  pages="76--78",
  isbn="978-80-227-4249-8"
}