Performances and Rotating Flows of Rotary Jet Pump

Abstract

The rotary jet pumps, namely the pitot pumps, are composed of the rotating casing with the impeller channels and the stationary pickup tube for discharging, are known as the one of high pressure pumps in the U.S. market. The pumps, however, have been prepared experientially, because of poor knowledge for the flow conditions and the pump performances. Then, this paper discusses the pump performances and the internal flow conditions in the rotating casing. Three types of the pickup tube were prepared for the experiments to know the pump performances and the flow conditions in the rotating casing. The flow in the rotating casing is nearly in the forced vortex type and gives the higher pressure at the pickup tube inlet. The more cross-sectional area of the pickup tube channel is large, the more head and discharge are higher with excellent efficiency. Moreover, the authors confirmed that the secondary flow runs toward the rotating center at the wake flow region behind the pickup tube.

Coupling Mechanism of Rotating Casing Effect and Impeller Structure of Roto-Jet Pump

“…Wang et al [7] used the standard turbulence model and SIMPLEC algorithm to summarise the flow of the internal flow channel of the impeller; Liu et al [8] used numerical simulation methods to optimise and modify the chamber structure of the jet pump. Komaki et al [9,10] believe that the flow in the rotating casing is similar to the forced vortex type. e larger the cross-sectional area of the collecting pipe channel, the greater the head and flow rate and the higher the efficiency.…”