Erosion wear of the centrifugal pump components is considered one of the principal hurdles
for pumping and transporting the particle-fluid flow in the hydraulic system. Although the …

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) plays an essential role to analyze fluid flows and heat
transfer situations by using numerical methods. Turbomachines involve internal and external …

A numerical investigation is carried out on a centrifugal pump to show the effect of the
impeller blades number on the pump performance. Three different impellers with 5, 7, and 9 …

As energy consumption saving becomes an urgent need in the contemporary world, the
demand for improving pump energy efficiency is attracting increasing attention. This paper …

The characteristics of flow instabilities as well as the cavitation phenomenon in a centrifugal
pump operating at low flow rates were studied by experimental and numerical means …

This study presents numerical and experimental investigations on air-water flows in a
centrifugal pump. The objectives are to examine the accuracy of common numerical models …

This paper proposes a new multi-objective optimization method for a family of double
suction centrifugal pumps with various blade shapes, using a Simulation-Kriging model …

Unstable or flat head-flow curves can cause problems in parallel operations or in flat
systems. Despite the considerable efforts that have been devoted to the study of head-flow …

Slanted axial-flow pump devices are widely applied in urban water supply, irrigation and
drainage engineering fields. The second law of thermodynamics is applied to investigate the …

Given the widespread usage of centrifugal pumps for handling viscous fluids in various
industries, improving the performance of these oil pumps has been attractive for both …