A review of cavitation in hydraulic machinery

X Luo, B Ji, Y Tsujimoto - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2016 - Springer
This paper mainly summarizes the recent progresses for the cavitation study in the hydraulic
machinery including turbo-pumps, hydro turbines, etc.. Especially, the newly developed …

Energy recovery strategies in water distribution networks: Literature review and future directions in the net-zero transition

C Giudicianni, D Mitrovic, W Wu, G Ferrarese… - Urban Water …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Water distribution networks (WDNs) are significant users of energy and contributors to
greenhouse gas emissions. Energy recovery strategies (ERSs) have potential for switching …

Liquid-vapor two-phase flow in centrifugal pump: Cavitation, mass transfer, and impeller structure optimization

G Li, X Ding, Y Wu, S Wang, D Li, W Yu, X Wang, Y Zhu… - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been widely used to model the internal flow field of
centrifugal pumps to analyze cavitation phenomena. However, accurate determination of …

Effects of sediment properties on abrasive erosion of a centrifugal pump

S Bandi, J Banka, A Kumar, AK Rai - Chemical Engineering Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The presence of sediment particles in flows of centrifugal pumps significantly enhances the
erosion rate which leads to reduced efficiency and shortened operational life of the pump …

Solid-liquid multiphase flow and erosion characteristics of a centrifugal pump in the energy storage pump station

M Chen, L Tan, H Fan, C Wang, D Liu - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to achieve the goal of carbon neutralization, a new concept of energy storage pump
station is proposed, which uses the large pump to store water from the downstream reservoir …

A new generation of centrifugal pumps for high conversion efficiency

T Capurso, L Bergamini, M Torresi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Centrifugal pumps are fundamental machines in our daily life. Indeed, they can be found
everywhere, for instance, in domestic, civil, industrial, and agricultural fields. In the last …

Blade redesign based on secondary flow suppression to improve energy efficiency of a centrifugal pump

C Wu, K Pu, C Li, P Wu, B Huang, D Wu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper conducts a systematic study to address the problems of high flow loss and low
energy efficiency of centrifugal pumps caused by the development of secondary flow within …

Numerical analysis of gas-liquid-solid erosion characteristics of the oil and gas multiphase pump

Z Li, X Wei, Z Yi, Z Ma, Y Yu, W Wang - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
In the process of oil and natural gas production, solid particle erosion is an important reason
affecting the safe operation of oil and gas multiphase pumps. To reduce equipment failure …

Using physics-informed generative adversarial networks to perform super-resolution for multiphase fluid simulations

M Li, C McComb - Journal of Computing and …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are useful in the field of engineering design
as they provide deep insights on product or system performance without the need to …

[HTML][HTML] CFD characterization and optimization of the cavitation phenomenon in dredging centrifugal pumps

R Ramirez, E Avila, L Lopez, A Bula… - Alexandria Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
A model has been developed to characterize the cavitation phenomenon in dredging
centrifugal pumps. The operating parameters of a cutter type dredger: swing speed …