A Visualized Experimental Study on the Influence of Reflux Hole on the Double Blades Self-Priming Pump Performance

The self-priming pump is a kind of centrifugal pump product with self-priming function, and the structural parameters of its reflux hole determine the performance. In order to reveal the mechanism of the self-priming process, we summarized the influence of structure parameters of the reflux hole on...

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Main Authors: Jiang, J. (Author), Mou, J. (Author), Qian, H. (Author), Wu, D. (Author), Xiang, C. (Author), Zhou, P. (Author), Zhu, Z. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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520 3 |a The self-priming pump is a kind of centrifugal pump product with self-priming function, and the structural parameters of its reflux hole determine the performance. In order to reveal the mechanism of the self-priming process, we summarized the influence of structure parameters of the reflux hole on the performance of the self-priming pump. In this study, the transparent experimental pump was designed and manufactured, and a visual test bench was built. The gas–liquid two-phase flow pattern during the self-priming process with different reflux hole structure parameters was captured by high-speed camera. Results showed that: (1) the reflux hole of the self-priming pump affected the self-priming performance of the pump by affecting the backflow rate of the gas and liquid phases during the self-priming process. (2) Due to the uneven distribution of liquid velocity in the pump, the position of reflux hole had an obvious impact on the duration of self-priming middle stage, and the shortest duration was 13 s when ϕ = +15◦ and the longest duration was 45 s when ϕ = −30◦. (3) The diameter of reflux hole had a very significant impact on the duration of the self-priming middle stage, and the shortest duration was 17 s when d = 10 mm and the longest duration was 94 s when d = 0 mm. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 
650 0 4 |a Flow patterns 
650 0 4 |a Gas/liquid two phase flow 
650 0 4 |a gas–liquid two-phase flow 
650 0 4 |a High speed cameras 
650 0 4 |a Liquids 
650 0 4 |a Long duration 
650 0 4 |a Performance 
650 0 4 |a Pumps 
650 0 4 |a reflux hole 
650 0 4 |a Reflux hole 
650 0 4 |a Self priming pumps 
650 0 4 |a Self-priming 
650 0 4 |a self-priming process 
650 0 4 |a Self-priming process 
650 0 4 |a Short durations 
650 0 4 |a Structure parameter 
650 0 4 |a Two phase flow 
650 0 4 |a visualization experiment 
650 0 4 |a Visualization experiment 
700 1 |a Jiang, J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Mou, J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Qian, H.  |e author 
700 1 |a Wu, D.  |e author 
700 1 |a Xiang, C.  |e author 
700 1 |a Zhou, P.  |e author 
700 1 |a Zhu, Z.  |e author 
773 |t Energies