Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise Diagnostic

This paper presents an experimental methodology that is capable of sensitively detecting the cavitation inception in a centrifugal pump. Firstly, with a centrifugal pump of ns=117 as research object, the cavitation performance, the bubble pattern distribution at impeller inlet, and the vibration and...

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Main Authors: Liang Dong, Yuqi Zhao, Cui Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9641478
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description This paper presents an experimental methodology that is capable of sensitively detecting the cavitation inception in a centrifugal pump. Firstly, with a centrifugal pump of ns=117 as research object, the cavitation performance, the bubble pattern distribution at impeller inlet, and the vibration and noise were synchronously measured at different flow conditions each with several cavitation coefficients. The change laws of total level of vibration and noise signals throughout the cavitation process were emphatically investigated. After comparing the sensitivity and reliability of different detection methods, the method based on overall sound pressure level of liquid-borne noise is found to present high sensitivity to cavitation. Secondly, by comparing the affected 1/3 octave spectrum by changing flow and cavitation coefficients, the highly sensitive frequency band to cavitation was obtained. Then, a new inception cavitation detection method was proposed based on Pauta principle. Finally, the method was verified through an ultra-low-specific speed pump (ns=25). The results show that the total pressure level of liquid-borne noise increases firstly and then decreases with the development of cavitation. The broadband SPL of liquid-borne noise between 2000 and 3000 Hz can be used to detect the inception cavitation, and the cavitation detection threshold is determined as 1.0%.
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spelling doaj-art-b01aac584bb24ec08486f68a0e53282b2025-08-20T03:39:17ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032019-01-01201910.1155/2019/96414789641478Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise DiagnosticLiang Dong0Yuqi Zhao1Cui Dai2Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaResearch Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaSchool of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, ChinaThis paper presents an experimental methodology that is capable of sensitively detecting the cavitation inception in a centrifugal pump. Firstly, with a centrifugal pump of ns=117 as research object, the cavitation performance, the bubble pattern distribution at impeller inlet, and the vibration and noise were synchronously measured at different flow conditions each with several cavitation coefficients. The change laws of total level of vibration and noise signals throughout the cavitation process were emphatically investigated. After comparing the sensitivity and reliability of different detection methods, the method based on overall sound pressure level of liquid-borne noise is found to present high sensitivity to cavitation. Secondly, by comparing the affected 1/3 octave spectrum by changing flow and cavitation coefficients, the highly sensitive frequency band to cavitation was obtained. Then, a new inception cavitation detection method was proposed based on Pauta principle. Finally, the method was verified through an ultra-low-specific speed pump (ns=25). The results show that the total pressure level of liquid-borne noise increases firstly and then decreases with the development of cavitation. The broadband SPL of liquid-borne noise between 2000 and 3000 Hz can be used to detect the inception cavitation, and the cavitation detection threshold is determined as 1.0%.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9641478
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Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise Diagnostic
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title Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise Diagnostic
title_full Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise Diagnostic
title_fullStr Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise Diagnostic
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise Diagnostic
title_short Detection of Inception Cavitation in Centrifugal Pump by Fluid-Borne Noise Diagnostic
title_sort detection of inception cavitation in centrifugal pump by fluid borne noise diagnostic
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9641478
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