Research on energy saving of ceramic slurry pump in whole life cycle
By analyzing the slurry pump made of silicon carbide combined with silicon nitride ceramics and Cr26 casting materials,the initial efficiency was analyzed by computational fluid dynamics(CFD)method,and the differences of energy-saving performance between ceramic slurry pumps and metal slurry pumps in the whole life cycle were compared.The simulation results showed that the ceramic slurry pump had low wall roughness,wear resistance and corrosion resistance,low flow resistance and turbulence loss,good hydraulic structural stability,and the overall energy efficiency was 5.26%higher than that of the metal slurry pump.Under the same working conditions,the energy consumption measurement and data analysis in the whole life cycle showed that the average energy consumption of the ceramic slurry pump was 17.17%lower than that of the metal slurry pump,and the fluctuation of energy consumption was small.
ceramic slurry pumpmetal slurry pumpwhole life cycleenergy savingCFD