A review of cavitation in hydraulic machinery

X Luo, B Ji, Y Tsujimoto - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2016 - Springer
This paper mainly summarizes the recent progresses for the cavitation study in the hydraulic
machinery including turbo-pumps, hydro turbines, etc.. Especially, the newly developed …

A review of methods for vortex identification in hydroturbines

Y Zhang, K Liu, H **an, X Du - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vortex is one of typical structures of the unsteady flow inside the hydroturbines, leading to
significant pressure fluctuation, prominent vibration of the units, and fatigue of turbine …

Energy loss mechanism due to tip leakage flow of axial flow pump as turbine under various operating conditions

K Kan, Q Zhang, Z Xu, Y Zheng, Q Gao, L Shen - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to its ability to handle large flows, an axial flow pump as turbine (PAT) can generate
considerable amounts of electricity in small-scale hydropower plants. However, a PAT's …

[HTML][HTML] Large eddy simulation of the tip-leakage cavitating flow with an insight on how cavitation influences vorticity and turbulence

HY Cheng, XR Bai, XP Long, B Ji, XX Peng… - Applied Mathematical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cavitation within a tip leakage flow remains a challenging issue in a variety of axial
hydraulic machines. It is still not possible nowadays to predict cavitation occurrence in such …

Energy characteristics of mixed-flow pump under different tip clearances based on entropy production analysis

L Ji, W Li, W Shi, H Chang, Z Yang - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the effect of impeller tip clearance on the internal flow fields and the
hydraulic losses in mixed-flow pump, the entropy production method with computational fluid …

Dynamic mode decomposition and reconstruction of tip leakage vortex in a mixed flow pump as turbine at pump mode

Y Han, L Tan - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present work, the tip leakage vortex (TLV) in a mixed flow pump as turbine at pump
mode is decomposed and reconstructed by Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) for the …

Tip clearance on pressure fluctuation intensity and vortex characteristic of a mixed flow pump as turbine at pump mode

Y Liu, L Tan - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The present work investigates the pressure fluctuation intensity and vortex characteristic of a
mixed flow pump as turbine at pump mode with a tip clearance. The tip clearance between …

A review of cavitation in tip-leakage flow and its control

H Cheng, B Ji, X Long, W Huai, M Farhat - Journal of Hydrodynamics, 2021 - Springer
The tip-leakage vortex (TLV) cavitation is a challenging issue for a variety of axial hydraulic
turbines and pumps from both technical and scientific viewpoints. The flow characteristics of …

Symmetrical and unsymmetrical tip clearances on cavitation performance and radial force of a mixed flow pump as turbine at pump mode

Y Hao, L Tan - Renewable Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Transient cavitating flows of a mixedflow PAT (pump as turbine) at pump mode are
investigated experimentally and numerically. Radial force on principal axis is recorded and …

Numerical study of turbulent flow past a rotating axial-flow pump based on a level-set immersed boundary method

K Kan, Z Yang, P Lyu, Y Zheng, L Shen - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Large-eddy simulation is performed to study the turbulence statistics and flow structures of
the water past a rotating axial-flow pump under different flow-rate working conditions. A …