Effects of the Geometry of Components Attached to the Drain Valve on the Performance of Water Hammer Pump

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  • 水撃ポンプの特性に及ぼす排水弁まわりの幾何学的形状因子の影響
  • スイゲキ ポンプ ノ トクセイ ニ オヨボス ハイスイベンマワリ ノ キカガクテキ ケイジョウ インシ ノ エイキョウ

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Abstract

Water hammer pumps can effectively use the water hammer phenomenon in long-distance pipeline networks that include pumps and allow fluid transport without drive sources, such as electric motors. The results of experiments that examined the effect of the geometric form of water hammer pumps by considering their major dimensions have been reported. In addition, a paper has also been published analyzing the water hammer phenomenon numerically by using the characteristic curve method for comparison with experimental results. However, these conventional studies have not fully evaluated the pump performance in terms of pump head and flow rate, common measures indicating the performance of pumps. Therefore, as a first stage for the understanding of water hammer pump performance in comparison to the characteristics of typical turbo pumps, the previous paper experimentally examined how the hydrodynamic characteristics were affected by the inner diameter ratio of the drive and lifting pipes, the form of the air chamber, and the angle of the drive pipe. To understand the behavior of the components attached to the valve chamber and the air chamber that affects the performance of water hammer pumps, the previous study also determined the relationship between the water hammer pump performance and temporal changes in valve chamber and air chamber pressures according to the air chamber capacity. For the geometry of components attached to the drain valve, another major component of water hammer pumps, this study experimentally examines how the water hammer pump performance is affected by the length of the spring and the angle of the drain pipe.

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  • Turbomachinery

    Turbomachinery 39 (6), 323-331, 2011

    Turbomachinery Society of Japan

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