Pump as turbine cavitation performance for both conventional and reverse operating modes: A review

K Kan, M Binama, H Chen, Y Zheng, D Zhou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the increasing adoption of renewable energy sources globally, hydropower contributes
significantly to energy generation through various schemes ranging from big to small-scale …

Prediction model for energy conversion characteristics during transient processes in a mixed-flow pump

W Li, Y Huang, L Ji, L Ma, RK Agarwal, M Awais - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The global energy shortage is gradually intensifying. A pump is a versatile device with
significant power consumption in energy conversion equipment. Of the world's total energy …

Cavitation-vibration correlation of a mixed flow pump under steady state and fast start-up conditions by experiment

Y Lu, L Tan, Y Han, M Liu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Cavitation and vibration are crucial characteristics in pumps, which directly contribute to the
safe and stable operation of pumps. Cavitation and vibration are both complicated …

Dynamic mode decomposition and reconstruction of tip leakage vortex in a mixed flow pump as turbine at pump mode

Y Han, L Tan - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, the tip leakage vortex (TLV) in a mixed flow pump as turbine at pump
mode is decomposed and reconstructed by Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) for the …

Experimental investigation on spatial-temporal evolution of tip leakage cavitation in a mixed flow pump with tip clearance

Y Han, L Tan - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2023 - Elsevier
Tip leakage cavitation remains an unsolved problem that threatens the safe operation of
hydraulic machines and plagues researchers worldwide. The objective of this work is to …

Numerical study of turbulent flow past a rotating axial-flow pump based on a level-set immersed boundary method

K Kan, Z Yang, P Lyu, Y Zheng, L Shen - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-eddy simulation is performed to study the turbulence statistics and flow structures of
the water past a rotating axial-flow pump under different flow-rate working conditions. A …

Numerical investigation of energy loss mechanism of mixed-flow pump under stall condition

W Li, L Ji, E Li, W Shi, R Agarwal, L Zhou - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to further enrich the theory of rotational stall, this paper explored the mechanism of
internal energy loss in the mixed-flow pump under stall condition based on the shear stress …

Optimization design and experimental study of vortex pump based on orthogonal test

H Quan, Y Guo, R Li, Q Su, Y Chai - Science Progress, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
To study the effects of the performance of different types of impeller on the vortex pump,
orthogonal test design, which is carried out by combining experimental test and numerical …

Mechanism and propagation characteristics of rotating stall in a mixed-flow pump

W Li, E Li, L Ji, L Zhou, W Shi, Y Zhu - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to explore mechanism and propagation characteristics of rotating stall, the unsteady
flow characteristics of a mixed-flow pump are calculated based on SST turbulence model …

Spatial-temporal evolution of tip leakage cavitation with double-hump in a mixed flow pump with tip clearance

Y Han, L Tan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Tip clearance in pump induces tip leakage vortex (TLV), which interacts with the main flow
and leads to instability of flow pattern and decrease in pump performance. In this work, a …