Performance test on solid-liquid two-phase flow hydrotransport of vortex pump

Abstract: In order to study the solid-liquid two-phase flow hydrotransport characteristics of vortex pump, the energy consumption of pump caused by internal resistance is divided into two parts: the mechanical losses and hydraulic losses, also the calculation of mechanical efficiency ηm and hydraulic efficiency ηf is elaborated. This paper investigates the 32WB8-12 vortex pump's parameter of hydraulic design structure. The crops solid-liquid two-phase flow hydrotransport experiment plan is established, meanwhile the performance experiments of clean water, rapeseed, wheat and soya hydrotransport are conducted on a self-built vortex pump, after taking above experiments that the qv-H, qv-P, qv-η, qv-NPSHc curves are obtained. The experimental results indicates the pump's hydrotransport efficiency of spherical rapeseed is higher than clean water's and the others' two-phase flow. The pump anti-cavitations are reduced with the solid-liquid two-phase flow hydrotransport. The head and hydrotransport efficiency of pump ordinarily decrease with increased particle size under the condition of constant particle concentration. Moreover, the hydraulic efficiency of transporting regular sphere shape particles such as rapeseed is higher than the clean water's, wheat's and soya's. The characteristics are considered based on the slip flow with the principle of relativity that sliding liner and rotary motion between particles and fluid flow. Associated with particle's size and shape, the particles suffered inertial force, friction force and buoyant force have significance on fluid field, all above information also proved that internal two-phase flow of vortex pump meet the principle of distortion velocity. From the experimental data analyses, some explanations are given for the link and changing trends between the external characteristics and internal flow nature. This research can provide a reference for building the model of fluid solid two-phase flow in vortex pump.