Study of a High-Pressure External Gear Pump with a Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling Approach

Emma Frosina, Adolfo Senatore and Manuel Rigosi
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Emma Frosina: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio, 21-80125 Naples, Italy
Adolfo Senatore: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Via Claudio, 21-80125 Naples, Italy
Manuel Rigosi: Casappa S.p.A., Via Balestrieri 1, Lemignano di Collecchio, 43044 Parma, Italy

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-20

Abstract: A study on the internal fluid dynamic of a high-pressure external gear pump is described in this paper. The pump has been analyzed with both numerical and experimental techniques. Starting from a geometry of the pump, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model has been built up using the commercial code PumpLinx ® . All leakages have been taken into account in order to estimate the volumetric efficiency of the pump. Then the pump has been tested on a test bench of Casappa S.p.A. Model results like the volumetric efficiency, absorbed torque, and outlet pressure ripple have been compared with the experimental data. The model has demonstrated the ability to predict with good accuracy the performance of the real pump. The CFD model has been also used to evaluate the effect on the pump performance of clearances in the meshing area. With the validated model the pressure inside the chambers of both driving and driven gears have been studied underlining cavitation in meshing fluid volume of the pump. For this reason, the model has been implemented in order to predict the cavitation phenomena. The analysis has allowed the detection of cavitating areas, especially at high rotation speeds and delivery pressure. Isosurfaces of the fluid volume have been colored as a function of the total gas fraction to underline where the cavitation occurs.

Keywords: high-pressure external gear pump; numerical modeling; cavitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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