Three-Dimensional Numerical Analysis of an Operating Helical Rotor Pump at High Speeds and High Pressures including Cavitation

Abstract

High pressures, high speeds, low noise and miniaturization is the direction of development in hydraulic pump. According to the development trend, an operating helical rotor pump (HRP) at high speeds and high pressures has been designed and produced, which rotational speed can reach 12000r/min and outlet pressure is as high as 25MPa. Three-dimensional simulation with and without cavitation inside the HRP is completed by the means of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in this paper, which contributes to understand the complex fluid flow inside it. Moreover, the influences of the rotational speeds of the HRP with and without cavitation has been simulated at 25MPa.