Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5444527 | Energy Procedia | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
In this work, an experimental and numerical campaign is presented for a semi-open impeller centrifugal pump elaborating non-Newtonian fluids. An on-purpose test bench was built and used to investigate the influence on pump performance of three different non-Newtonian fluids. Each pump performance test was accompanied by the rheological characterization of the fluid, in order to detect modifications of the rheological phenomena and allow a proper Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling. The performance of the machine handling both Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids are highlighted in relation with the internal flow field.
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Authors
Nicola Aldi, Carlo Buratto, Nicola Casari, Devid Dainese, Valentina Mazzanti, Francesco Mollica, Enrico Munari, Matteo Occari, Michele Pinelli, Saverio Randi, Pier Ruggero Spina, Alessio Suman,