A Prediction Method of Wear for Volute Casing of a Centrifugal Slurry Pump

Volute wall wear situations directly affect a long time safe operation for the centrifugal slurry pump unit and the whole system. In the present study, internal flow field is numerically investigated in a solid-liquid centrifugal pump, and the volute wall wear caused by the solid-liquid two-phase fl...

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Main Authors: Baocheng Shi, Jianpeng Pan, Lijuan Wu, Xingkai Zhang, Yijie Qiu, Yindi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8847087
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author Baocheng Shi
Jianpeng Pan
Lijuan Wu
Xingkai Zhang
Yijie Qiu
Yindi Zhang
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description Volute wall wear situations directly affect a long time safe operation for the centrifugal slurry pump unit and the whole system. In the present study, internal flow field is numerically investigated in a solid-liquid centrifugal pump, and the volute wall wear caused by the solid-liquid two-phase flow is predicted with wear equation. A systematic analysis on the wear mechanism of the centrifugal pump volute wall is carried out deeply, including the volute wall wear region, wear rate, and the relationship among inlet flow rate, particle concentration, and particle size. The predicted high erosion intensity area shows good agreement with the experimental erosion area, and the predicted and experimental areas are both located at the volute angle of 180° and near tongue. Therefore, the wear equation put forward in the present study is effective for estimating the erosion intensity and predicting the erosion area around the volute casing of a centrifugal pump.
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spelling doaj-art-a8edd69239254df0860712cf92d5060f2025-08-20T03:39:32ZengWileyGeofluids1468-81151468-81232020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88470878847087A Prediction Method of Wear for Volute Casing of a Centrifugal Slurry PumpBaocheng Shi0Jianpeng Pan1Lijuan Wu2Xingkai Zhang3Yijie Qiu4Yindi Zhang5School of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, ChinaSchool of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan 430100, ChinaVolute wall wear situations directly affect a long time safe operation for the centrifugal slurry pump unit and the whole system. In the present study, internal flow field is numerically investigated in a solid-liquid centrifugal pump, and the volute wall wear caused by the solid-liquid two-phase flow is predicted with wear equation. A systematic analysis on the wear mechanism of the centrifugal pump volute wall is carried out deeply, including the volute wall wear region, wear rate, and the relationship among inlet flow rate, particle concentration, and particle size. The predicted high erosion intensity area shows good agreement with the experimental erosion area, and the predicted and experimental areas are both located at the volute angle of 180° and near tongue. Therefore, the wear equation put forward in the present study is effective for estimating the erosion intensity and predicting the erosion area around the volute casing of a centrifugal pump.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8847087
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title A Prediction Method of Wear for Volute Casing of a Centrifugal Slurry Pump
title_full A Prediction Method of Wear for Volute Casing of a Centrifugal Slurry Pump
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title_full_unstemmed A Prediction Method of Wear for Volute Casing of a Centrifugal Slurry Pump
title_short A Prediction Method of Wear for Volute Casing of a Centrifugal Slurry Pump
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