Rotating Behavior Observation of Cavitation in Inducer with Suction Axi-Asymmetrical Plate

The attachment of inducer in front of main impeller is a powerful method to improve cavitation performance. In operating condition at partial flow rate and extremely low suction pressure, cavitation surge oscillation occurs and the stable operating range becomes narrower. It has been found from prev...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jun-Ho KIM, Takashi ATONO, Koichi ISHIZAKA, Satoshi WATANABE, Akinori FURUKAWA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2008-09-01
Series:Journal of Fluid Science and Technology
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jfst/3/6/3_6_744/_pdf/-char/en
_version_ 1798020979069288448
author Jun-Ho KIM
Takashi ATONO
Koichi ISHIZAKA
Satoshi WATANABE
Akinori FURUKAWA
author_facet Jun-Ho KIM
Takashi ATONO
Koichi ISHIZAKA
Satoshi WATANABE
Akinori FURUKAWA
author_sort Jun-Ho KIM
collection DOAJ
description The attachment of inducer in front of main impeller is a powerful method to improve cavitation performance. In operating condition at partial flow rate and extremely low suction pressure, cavitation surge oscillation occurs and the stable operating range becomes narrower. It has been found from previous experimental study of authors that the cavitation surge oscillation with low frequency occurs with close relation between the inlet back-flow cavitation and the growth of blade cavity to the throat section of blade passage. One method, which is to install an axi-asymmetrical plate upstream of inducer, has been proposed to suppress the cavitation surge oscillation. It is considered conceptually to be the suppression mechanism of oscillation that the inlet flow distortion by suction axi-asymmetric plate avoids the flow at all throat sections getting unstable simultaneously. In the present study, in order to clarify the suppression mechanism experimentally observation of rotating behavior of cavitation in the inducer is performed with distributing multi cameras circumferentially, recording simultaneously and arranging the pictures to show the entire view of the flow around the linear cascade. The observed cavitation behavior is utilized for discussion on the suppression mechanism of oscillation with other measuring results such as casing wall pressure distribution and velocity distributions with LDV. Then the suppression mechanism of oscillation by installing the axi-asymmetrical plate will be clarified in more details.
first_indexed 2024-04-11T17:06:30Z
format Article
id doaj.art-0013983af04c4593a76090c7726ed5bd
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 1880-5558
language English
last_indexed 2024-04-11T17:06:30Z
publishDate 2008-09-01
publisher The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
record_format Article
series Journal of Fluid Science and Technology
spelling doaj.art-0013983af04c4593a76090c7726ed5bd2022-12-22T04:13:01ZengThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersJournal of Fluid Science and Technology1880-55582008-09-013674475310.1299/jfst.3.744jfstRotating Behavior Observation of Cavitation in Inducer with Suction Axi-Asymmetrical PlateJun-Ho KIM0Takashi ATONO1Koichi ISHIZAKA2Satoshi WATANABE3Akinori FURUKAWA4Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Science, Kyushu UniversityDept. of Processing Information Engineering, Kyushu Polytechnic CollegeDept. of Mechanical Engineering Science, Kyushu UniversityDept. of Mechanical Engineering Science, Kyushu UniversityDept. of Mechanical Engineering Science, Kyushu UniversityThe attachment of inducer in front of main impeller is a powerful method to improve cavitation performance. In operating condition at partial flow rate and extremely low suction pressure, cavitation surge oscillation occurs and the stable operating range becomes narrower. It has been found from previous experimental study of authors that the cavitation surge oscillation with low frequency occurs with close relation between the inlet back-flow cavitation and the growth of blade cavity to the throat section of blade passage. One method, which is to install an axi-asymmetrical plate upstream of inducer, has been proposed to suppress the cavitation surge oscillation. It is considered conceptually to be the suppression mechanism of oscillation that the inlet flow distortion by suction axi-asymmetric plate avoids the flow at all throat sections getting unstable simultaneously. In the present study, in order to clarify the suppression mechanism experimentally observation of rotating behavior of cavitation in the inducer is performed with distributing multi cameras circumferentially, recording simultaneously and arranging the pictures to show the entire view of the flow around the linear cascade. The observed cavitation behavior is utilized for discussion on the suppression mechanism of oscillation with other measuring results such as casing wall pressure distribution and velocity distributions with LDV. Then the suppression mechanism of oscillation by installing the axi-asymmetrical plate will be clarified in more details.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jfst/3/6/3_6_744/_pdf/-char/enpump inducercavitation surge suppressionsuction axi-asymmetrical plateflow observation
spellingShingle Jun-Ho KIM
Takashi ATONO
Koichi ISHIZAKA
Satoshi WATANABE
Akinori FURUKAWA
Rotating Behavior Observation of Cavitation in Inducer with Suction Axi-Asymmetrical Plate
Journal of Fluid Science and Technology
pump inducer
cavitation surge suppression
suction axi-asymmetrical plate
flow observation
title Rotating Behavior Observation of Cavitation in Inducer with Suction Axi-Asymmetrical Plate
title_full Rotating Behavior Observation of Cavitation in Inducer with Suction Axi-Asymmetrical Plate
title_fullStr Rotating Behavior Observation of Cavitation in Inducer with Suction Axi-Asymmetrical Plate
title_full_unstemmed Rotating Behavior Observation of Cavitation in Inducer with Suction Axi-Asymmetrical Plate
title_short Rotating Behavior Observation of Cavitation in Inducer with Suction Axi-Asymmetrical Plate
title_sort rotating behavior observation of cavitation in inducer with suction axi asymmetrical plate
topic pump inducer
cavitation surge suppression
suction axi-asymmetrical plate
flow observation
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jfst/3/6/3_6_744/_pdf/-char/en
work_keys_str_mv AT junhokim rotatingbehaviorobservationofcavitationininducerwithsuctionaxiasymmetricalplate
AT takashiatono rotatingbehaviorobservationofcavitationininducerwithsuctionaxiasymmetricalplate
AT koichiishizaka rotatingbehaviorobservationofcavitationininducerwithsuctionaxiasymmetricalplate
AT satoshiwatanabe rotatingbehaviorobservationofcavitationininducerwithsuctionaxiasymmetricalplate
AT akinorifurukawa rotatingbehaviorobservationofcavitationininducerwithsuctionaxiasymmetricalplate