Application of entropy production theory for energy losses and other investigation in pumps and turbines: A review

L Zhou, J Hang, L Bai, Z Krzemianowski, MA El-Emam… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
As the demand for energy consumption saving and emission reduction become an urgent
need in the contemporary world, the requirements for pumps and turbines need to pay more …

[HTML][HTML] Application of intelligent methods in energy efficiency enhancement of pump system: A review

X Gan, J Pei, G Pavesi, S Yuan, W Wang - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy consumption around the world is growing at an alarming rate. That brings enormous
pressure on energy production and environmental issues. Nowadays, energy efficiency …

Energy loss evaluation in a side channel pump under different wrapping angles using entropy production method

F Zhang, D Appiah, F Hong, J Zhang, S Yuan… - … Communications in Heat …, 2020 - Elsevier
Flow losses in common vanned pumps such as centrifugal pumps have been widely
studied, while less research attention has been paid to side channel pumps that are …

Diagnosis of internal energy characteristics of mixed-flow pump within stall region based on entropy production analysis model

L Ji, W Li, W Shi, F Tian, R Agarwal - International Communications in Heat …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the influence of tip clearance size on the characteristics of mixed-flow
pump under stall conditions, the entropy production analysis method is utilized to visualize …

Effect of trimmed rear shroud on performance and axial thrust of multi-stage centrifugal pump with emphasis on visualizing flow losses

Y Gu, H Sun, C Wang, R Lu… - Journal of Fluids …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Multi-stage centrifugal pumps are frequently used in high-lift applications and consume
considerable energy, but suffer from poor performance and large axial force. The rear …

Numerical investigation on the unsteady vortical structure and pressure pulsations of a centrifugal pump with the vaned diffuser

D Li, N Zhang, J Jiang, B Gao, AA Alubokin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the internal flow structures and the emanating pressure pulsations in a
centrifugal pump with a vaned diffuser, the numerical method DDES (delayed detached …

Energy performance prediction of the centrifugal pumps by using a hybrid neural network

R Huang, Z Zhang, W Zhang, J Mou, P Zhou, Y Wang - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
It is of great significance to rapidly and accurately predict the energy performance of
centrifugal pumps for the macro-control of the entire electric power system. However, some …

A new draft tube shape optimisation methodology of introducing inclined conical diffuser in hydraulic turbine

X Zhou, H Wu, L Cheng, Q Huang, C Shi - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A grid-connected integrated system incorporating cascade hydropower, solar/photovoltaic,
and wind power requires a hydraulic turbine to operate frequently under off-design …

Effect of URANS and hybrid RANS-large eddy simulation turbulence models on unsteady turbulent flows inside a side channel pump

Y Wang, F Zhang, S Yuan… - Journal of Fluids …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this work, the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) and three hybrid
Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes-large eddy simulation (RANS-LES) models are …

Numerical study of the energy loss in the bulb tubular pump system focusing on the off-design conditions based on combined energy analysis methods

L Sun, Q Pan, D Zhang, R Zhao, BPMB van Esch - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The unsteady flow characteristics of the low-head bulb tubular pump highly affects the
operation efficiency and stability of the whole system. The purpose of this paper is to …