{"title":"Investigation of double-volute balancing in centrifugal pumps","authors":"Ali Kibar, Kadri Suleyman Yigit","doi":"10.1007/s11012-024-01870-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the effect of radial hydraulic forces on low-specific-speed centrifugal pump bearings and assesses the effectiveness of the double-volute balancing technique in mitigating these forces. Numerical simulations were conducted on centrifugal pumps with both single- and double-volute designs. Experimental validation confirmed the numerical findings, establishing the technique's efficacy. Additionally, while size limitations often restrict the use of double-volutes in small pumps, their potential benefits and encouragement for further exploration are discussed for these applications, highlighting the significance of the double-volute arrangement in designing and operating high-pressure radial-flow centrifugal pumps. The simulations demonstrated a notable decrease in the radial hydraulic forces with the implementation of the double-volute configuration. Consequently, adopting a double-volute centrifugal pump design resulted in a substantial reduction in the impeller-induced forces and forces exerted on the bearings, leading to an approximate 45% decrease in the hydraulic radial forces. This result explains the significant reduction in impeller-induced and bearing forces.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":695,"journal":{"name":"Meccanica","volume":"59 11","pages":"1859 - 1875"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Meccanica","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11012-024-01870-7","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MECHANICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study investigates the effect of radial hydraulic forces on low-specific-speed centrifugal pump bearings and assesses the effectiveness of the double-volute balancing technique in mitigating these forces. Numerical simulations were conducted on centrifugal pumps with both single- and double-volute designs. Experimental validation confirmed the numerical findings, establishing the technique's efficacy. Additionally, while size limitations often restrict the use of double-volutes in small pumps, their potential benefits and encouragement for further exploration are discussed for these applications, highlighting the significance of the double-volute arrangement in designing and operating high-pressure radial-flow centrifugal pumps. The simulations demonstrated a notable decrease in the radial hydraulic forces with the implementation of the double-volute configuration. Consequently, adopting a double-volute centrifugal pump design resulted in a substantial reduction in the impeller-induced forces and forces exerted on the bearings, leading to an approximate 45% decrease in the hydraulic radial forces. This result explains the significant reduction in impeller-induced and bearing forces.
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Meccanica focuses on the methodological framework shared by mechanical scientists when addressing theoretical or applied problems. Original papers address various aspects of mechanical and mathematical modeling, of solution, as well as of analysis of system behavior. The journal explores fundamental and applications issues in established areas of mechanics research as well as in emerging fields; contemporary research on general mechanics, solid and structural mechanics, fluid mechanics, and mechanics of machines; interdisciplinary fields between mechanics and other mathematical and engineering sciences; interaction of mechanics with dynamical systems, advanced materials, control and computation; electromechanics; biomechanics.
Articles include full length papers; topical overviews; brief notes; discussions and comments on published papers; book reviews; and an international calendar of conferences.
Meccanica, the official journal of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, was established in 1966.