Optimal Design of a Liquid Hydrogen Centrifugal Pump Impeller

Global energy consumption has continued to increase in recent years with economic development. Fossil energy sources are now being replaced with renewable energy, and hydrogen is one of such alternatives. Pumps are used for storage, transportation, and distribution. One such pump is the liquefied hy...

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Main Authors: Catur Harsito, Jeong-Eui Yun, Joon-Young Shin, Jae-Min Kim
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/24/6299
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Jeong-Eui Yun
Joon-Young Shin
Jae-Min Kim
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Jeong-Eui Yun
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Jae-Min Kim
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description Global energy consumption has continued to increase in recent years with economic development. Fossil energy sources are now being replaced with renewable energy, and hydrogen is one of such alternatives. Pumps are used for storage, transportation, and distribution. One such pump is the liquefied hydrogen centrifugal pump. In this study, optimisation design of a liquefied hydrogen centrifugal pump was performed using the response surface method, which is the optimisation method of the DesignXplorer provided by ANSYS, based on the flow analysis results of the impeller of the centrifugal pump. The design variables used in the optimisation process are the outlet width <i>b</i><sub>2</sub>, % of the blade thickness <i>Su</i><sub>2</sub>, leading edge inclination angle <i>α</i>, hub inclination angle <i>δ</i>, wrap angle <i>θ</i>, and outlet blade angle <i>β</i><sub>2</sub>. The optimisation analysis results obtained confirmed that all the selected design variables are semi-galactic and are sensitive to pump efficiency and head. It was confirmed that the efficiency of the centrifugal pump achieved using liquefied hydrogen as the working fluid is approximately 82.4%, which is significantly higher than that achieved by a centrifugal pump using water as the working fluid under the same operating conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-e8691f2b970141ce83eea40ec052e0c62025-08-20T02:55:57ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732024-12-011724629910.3390/en17246299Optimal Design of a Liquid Hydrogen Centrifugal Pump ImpellerCatur Harsito0Jeong-Eui Yun1Joon-Young Shin2Jae-Min Kim3Department of Mechanical Computer Industrial Management Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok-si 24341, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechanical System Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok-si 24341, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechanical Vehicle Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok-si 24341, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechanical Vehicle Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok-si 24341, Republic of KoreaGlobal energy consumption has continued to increase in recent years with economic development. Fossil energy sources are now being replaced with renewable energy, and hydrogen is one of such alternatives. Pumps are used for storage, transportation, and distribution. One such pump is the liquefied hydrogen centrifugal pump. In this study, optimisation design of a liquefied hydrogen centrifugal pump was performed using the response surface method, which is the optimisation method of the DesignXplorer provided by ANSYS, based on the flow analysis results of the impeller of the centrifugal pump. The design variables used in the optimisation process are the outlet width <i>b</i><sub>2</sub>, % of the blade thickness <i>Su</i><sub>2</sub>, leading edge inclination angle <i>α</i>, hub inclination angle <i>δ</i>, wrap angle <i>θ</i>, and outlet blade angle <i>β</i><sub>2</sub>. The optimisation analysis results obtained confirmed that all the selected design variables are semi-galactic and are sensitive to pump efficiency and head. It was confirmed that the efficiency of the centrifugal pump achieved using liquefied hydrogen as the working fluid is approximately 82.4%, which is significantly higher than that achieved by a centrifugal pump using water as the working fluid under the same operating conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/24/6299liquefied hydrogen pumpcentrifugal pumpoptimisation
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Jeong-Eui Yun
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Jae-Min Kim
Optimal Design of a Liquid Hydrogen Centrifugal Pump Impeller
Energies
liquefied hydrogen pump
centrifugal pump
optimisation
title Optimal Design of a Liquid Hydrogen Centrifugal Pump Impeller
title_full Optimal Design of a Liquid Hydrogen Centrifugal Pump Impeller
title_fullStr Optimal Design of a Liquid Hydrogen Centrifugal Pump Impeller
title_full_unstemmed Optimal Design of a Liquid Hydrogen Centrifugal Pump Impeller
title_short Optimal Design of a Liquid Hydrogen Centrifugal Pump Impeller
title_sort optimal design of a liquid hydrogen centrifugal pump impeller
topic liquefied hydrogen pump
centrifugal pump
optimisation
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