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Description of a CFD model for a SX pumper box |
Some of the more important nomenclature. |
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The pumping tank or pump-box needs to be constructed for the CFD program. One of the beauties of CFD is that scale-up is not required, since you input the actual geometries. Here is an example of a Pumper Stage as a cylindrical vertical tank and its terminology. The shape of the tank can be virtually anything, including square tanks, commonly found in older SX plants.
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Description of a CFD model for a SX pumper box |
Some of the more important nomenclature. |
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Click any figure for a larger and better view |
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These two figures show a straight bladed turbine, which is the easiest pumper to model. Any design of pumper can be modeled, for example a 6-bladed pumper with curved blades like the Lightnin R320 or the Philadelphia Mixers CBT-6. There is no literature data on these impellers. They must be determined. This could be done in small scale experimental studies with actual fluids, or as here with a CFD study. The design of the pumper blades is required, or they can be invented on the fly!
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CFD models of two curved bladed pumpers |
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CFD models of another pumper |
Schematic of a curved bladed pumper |
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