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Investigation of influence of elbow on pump inlet flow behaviour in cavitating flow

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? 2022 Elsevier LtdThis paper discusses the effect of elbows in the downstream region of pipe and pumps inlet flow conditions according to standards. Cavitation is a significant occurrence in such types of flow regimes that causes erosion and ultimately affects the pump's performance. Cavitation is also investigated using computational analysis using ANSYS Fluent. It is concluded that the elbow with 90° angle in pipe with some curvature produce eddies in the fluid flow. The variations in the velocity near the downstream were uneven. Moreover, it is also determined computationally that the effect of cavitation on pump inlet flow conditions is also high and in increasing trend. The effect of cavitation in an elbow pipe can be increased if the curvature of the elbow is reduced. This ultimately effect the performance of the pump.

CavitationElbowInstantaneous VelocityPump inlet Flow Behaviour

Tahir W.、Manzoor T.、Yousaf B.、Qaisrani M.A.、Khan I.、Sana Ullah Sahar M.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology

Energy Research Centre COMSATS University Islamabad

2022

Engineering failure analysis

Engineering failure analysis

EISCI
ISSN:1350-6307
年,卷(期):2022.137
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