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Experimental study of a cavitating centrifugal pump during fast startups / S. Duplaa in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering, Vol. 132 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering > Vol. 132 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) . - 12 p. Titre : Experimental study of a cavitating centrifugal pump during fast startups Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : S. Duplaa, Auteur ; O. Coutier-Delgosha, Auteur ; A. Dazin, Auteur Année de publication : 2010 Article en page(s) : 12 p. Note générale : fluids engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : cavitating  centrifugal  pump Résumé : The startup of rocket engine turbopumps is generally performed only in a few seconds. It implies that these pumps reach their nominal operating conditions after only a few rotations. During these first rotations of the blades, the flow evolution in the pump is governed by transient phenomena, based mainly on the flow rate and rotation speed evolution. These phenomena progressively become negligible when the steady behavior is reached. The pump transient behavior induces significant pressure fluctuations, which may result in partial flow vaporization, i.e., cavitation. An existing experimental test rig has been updated in the LML Laboratory (Lille, France) for the startups of a centrifugal pump. The study focuses on the cavitation induced during the pump startup. Instantaneous measurement of torque, flow rate, inlet and outlet unsteady pressures, and pump rotation velocity enable to characterize the pump behavior during rapid starting periods. Three different types of fast startup behaviors have been identified. According to the final operating point, the startup is characterized either by a single drop of the delivery static pressure, by several low-frequency drops, or by a water hammer phenomenon that can be observed in both the inlet and outlet of the pump. A physical analysis is proposed to explain these three different types of transient flow behavior. DEWEY : 620.1 ISSN : 0098-2202 En ligne : http://fluidsengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/Issue.aspx?issueID=27408 [...] [article] Experimental study of a cavitating centrifugal pump during fast startups [texte imprimé] / S. Duplaa, Auteur ; O. Coutier-Delgosha, Auteur ; A. Dazin, Auteur . - 2010 . - 12 p. fluids engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering > Vol. 132 N° 2 (Fevrier 2010) . - 12 p. Mots-clés : cavitating  centrifugal  pump Résumé : The startup of rocket engine turbopumps is generally performed only in a few seconds. It implies that these pumps reach their nominal operating conditions after only a few rotations. During these first rotations of the blades, the flow evolution in the pump is governed by transient phenomena, based mainly on the flow rate and rotation speed evolution. These phenomena progressively become negligible when the steady behavior is reached. The pump transient behavior induces significant pressure fluctuations, which may result in partial flow vaporization, i.e., cavitation. An existing experimental test rig has been updated in the LML Laboratory (Lille, France) for the startups of a centrifugal pump. The study focuses on the cavitation induced during the pump startup. Instantaneous measurement of torque, flow rate, inlet and outlet unsteady pressures, and pump rotation velocity enable to characterize the pump behavior during rapid starting periods. Three different types of fast startup behaviors have been identified. According to the final operating point, the startup is characterized either by a single drop of the delivery static pressure, by several low-frequency drops, or by a water hammer phenomenon that can be observed in both the inlet and outlet of the pump. A physical analysis is proposed to explain these three different types of transient flow behavior. DEWEY : 620.1 ISSN : 0098-2202 En ligne : http://fluidsengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/Issue.aspx?issueID=27408 [...]

Influence of the blade number on inducer cavitating behavior / O. Coutier-Delgosha in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering, Vol. 134 N° 8 (Août 2012) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering > Vol. 134 N° 8 (Août 2012) . - 11 p. Titre : Influence of the blade number on inducer cavitating behavior Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : O. Coutier-Delgosha, Auteur ; G. Caignaert, Auteur ; G. Bois, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : 11 p. Note générale : fluids engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : blade  number;  rocket  engine  turbopump  inducer;  cavitation  number Index. décimale : 620.1 Essais des matériaux. Défauts des matériaux. Protection des matériaux Résumé : Effects of the blade number on the performance of a rocket engine turbopump inducer are investigated in the present paper. For that purpose, two inducers characterized by three blades and five blades, respectively, were manufactured and tested experimentally. The two inducers were designed on the basis of identical design flow rate and identical pressure elevation at nominal flow rate. The first part of the study focuses on the steady behavior of the inducers in cavitating conditions: evolutions of performance, torque, mass flow rate, and amplitude of radial forces on the shaft according to the inlet pressure are considered. Several flow rates and rotation speeds are investigated. Significant differences between the inducers are obtained concerning the critical cavitation number, the amplitude of the radial forces, and the organization of cavitation in the machinery. Cavitation instabilities are investigated in the second part of the study. Various flow patterns are detected according to the mass flow rate and the cavitation number. DEWEY : 620.1 ISSN : 0098-2202 En ligne : http://asmedl.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JFEGA4000134000008 [...] [article] Influence of the blade number on inducer cavitating behavior [texte imprimé] / O. Coutier-Delgosha, Auteur ; G. Caignaert, Auteur ; G. Bois, Auteur . - 2012 . - 11 p. fluids engineering Langues : Anglais (eng) in Transactions of the ASME . Journal of fluids engineering > Vol. 134 N° 8 (Août 2012) . - 11 p. Mots-clés : blade  number;  rocket  engine  turbopump  inducer;  cavitation  number Index. décimale : 620.1 Essais des matériaux. Défauts des matériaux. Protection des matériaux Résumé : Effects of the blade number on the performance of a rocket engine turbopump inducer are investigated in the present paper. For that purpose, two inducers characterized by three blades and five blades, respectively, were manufactured and tested experimentally. The two inducers were designed on the basis of identical design flow rate and identical pressure elevation at nominal flow rate. The first part of the study focuses on the steady behavior of the inducers in cavitating conditions: evolutions of performance, torque, mass flow rate, and amplitude of radial forces on the shaft according to the inlet pressure are considered. Several flow rates and rotation speeds are investigated. Significant differences between the inducers are obtained concerning the critical cavitation number, the amplitude of the radial forces, and the organization of cavitation in the machinery. Cavitation instabilities are investigated in the second part of the study. Various flow patterns are detected according to the mass flow rate and the cavitation number. DEWEY : 620.1 ISSN : 0098-2202 En ligne : http://asmedl.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JFEGA4000134000008 [...]