Method for Optimizing Blade Axis Position of Water Pump under All Operating Conditions

Abstract

A method for optimizing the blade axis position of a water pump under all operating conditions which includes determination of multiple calculation conditions within the range of all the operating conditions of the water pump, three-dimensional modeling and mesh generation of the calculation area of the flow field of the water pump at multiple blade angles, numerical simulation of the flow field and calculation and determination of blade hydraulic torques under multiple conditions, determination of the range of the position of the blade resultant hydraulic pressure action line and an optimal blade axis position under all the operating conditions, determination of the small region of the optimal blade axis position under all the operating conditions, determination of the optimal blade axis position, and comparison of the blade hydraulic torques before and after optimization of the blade axis position.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing the blade axis position of a water pump under all operating conditions, characterized by comprising the following operation steps: A. determination of calculation conditions within the range of all the operating conditions of the water pump; B. three-dimensional modeling and mesh generation of the calculation area of the flow field of the water pump; C. numerical simulation of the flow field of the water pump and calculation and determination of blade hydraulic torque; D. determination of the range of the position of the blade resultant hydraulic pressure action line of the water pump and the optimal blade axis position under all the operating conditions; E. determination of the small region of the optimal blade axis position of the water pump under all the operating conditions; F. determination of the optimal blade axis position of the water pump under all the operating conditions; and G. comparison of blade hydraulic torques before and after optimization of the blade axis position of the water pump; wherein the method of determination of the calculation conditions within the range of all the operating conditions of the water pump as described in step A is as follows: within the operating head range of the water pump, m equally spaced heads are selected, m=510, a minimum operating head H.sub.min and a maximum operating head H.sub.max are included, the head interval is $.Math..Math.H=\frac{H_{\mathrm{ma}.Math..Math.x}-H_{m.Math..Math.i.Math..Math.n}}{m-1},$ i.e., m operating heads are H.sub.1=H.sub.min, H.sub.2=H.sub.min+H, . . . , H.sub.m-1=H.sub.maxH, H.sub.m=H.sub.max; for each of the m heads, n blade angles are selected at certain intervals within the operating blade angle range of the water pump, n=510, a minimum operating blade angle .sub.min and a maximum operating blade angle .sub.max are included, i.e., .sub.1=.sub.min, .sub.2, . . . , .sub.n-1, .sub.n=.sub.max, thus determining mn calculation conditions; the calculation area of the flow field of the water pump as described in step B includes a straight section with a length about 1 time an impeller diameter in front of an impeller inlet, an impeller section, a guide vane body section, and a straight section with a length of 1-2 times the impeller diameter behind a guide vane body outlet, and three-dimensional modeling and mesh generation are conducted on the calculation area of the flow field of the water pump at total n impeller blade angles, i.e., .sub.1, .sub.2, . . . , .sub.n-1, .sub.n; and the method of numerical simulation of the flow field of the water pump and calculation and determination of the blade hydraulic torque as described in step C is as follows: a water-mass continuity equation, a momentum equation and k- turbulence models are adopted, pressure inlet boundary conditions and mass flow outlet boundary conditions are adopted in the calculation area of the flow field of the water pump, and CFX fluid calculation software is used for numerical simulation of the calculation area of the flow field of the water pump under the mn calculation conditions, so as to obtain the blade hydraulic torques at different heads and different blade angles, which are listed in a table.

2. The method for optimizing the blade axis position of the water pump under all the operating conditions according to claim 1, characterized in that the method of determination of the range of the position of the blade resultant hydraulic pressure action line of the water pump and the optimal blade axis position under all the operating conditions as described in step D is as follows: according to the blade hydraulic torque and the resultant hydraulic pressure of the water pump under mn calculation conditions calculated in steps A-C, the distance between the blade resultant hydraulic pressure action line and the current blade axis approximately on a calculation cylindrical surface under the mn calculation conditions of the water pump is $\begin{array}{cc}L=\frac{M}{F_w},& \left(1\right)\end{array}$ wherein Lthe distance from the blade resultant hydraulic pressure action line to the current blade axis; Mthe blade hydraulic torque; F.sub.Wthe blade resultant hydraulic pressure, and then the optimal blade axis position is located between two blade resultant hydraulic pressure action lines farthest from each other in all the operating conditions, i.e., between the resultant force action line closest to the outlet edge of the blade and the resultant force action line closest to the inlet edge of the blade.

3. The method for optimizing the blade axis position of the water pump under all operating conditions according to claim 1, characterized in that according to the determination of the small region of the optimal blade axis position of the water pump under all the operating conditions as described in step E, a range width between the two blade resultant hydraulic pressure action lines farthest from each other approximately on a calculation cylindrical surface is s, the range width s is divided into k equal parts, starting from the action line, closer to the current blade axis, in the two blade resultant hydraulic pressure action lines farthest from each other, blade axes 1, 2, . . . , k1, k are set at the equal parts to the other end of the range with the width s, and distances between the k blade axes and the starting resultant action line are set as s/k, 2 s/k, . . . (k1)s/k, s respectively; a coordinate system is established, an abscissa represents the distance from the set blade axis position to the current blade axis, and an ordinate represents the maximum hydraulic torque of a blade under all the operating conditions at different blade axis positions; the blade hydraulic torques of the water pump under mn calculation conditions when the blade axis is located at the set k different blade axis positions are calculated, the blade hydraulic torque with the largest absolute value of the water pump under the mn calculation conditions at each set blade axis position is determined, positions of two set adjacent blade axes O.sub.1-O.sub.1 and O.sub.2-O.sub.2 in which an algebraic value of the hydraulic torque with the largest absolute value is positively and negatively converted are found, and then the optimal blade axis position is located in a small region between the O.sub.1-O.sub.1 axis and the O.sub.2-O.sub.2 axis, further narrowing the range of the optimal blade axis position.

4. The method for optimizing the blade axis position of the water pump under all operating conditions according to claim 3, characterized in that according to the determination of the optimal blade axis position of the water pump under all the operating conditions as described in step F, on the calculation cylindrical surface in the blade, for a small region between the two set adjacent blade axes O.sub.1-O.sub.1 and O.sub.2-O.sub.2 in which the maximum hydraulic torque of the blade of the water pump under all the operating conditions is positively and negatively converted, a 0.618 golden section method is conducted to accelerate the fine approximation to the optimal blade axis position so as to minimize the maximum hydraulic torque of the blade of the water pump under all the operating conditions; if the maximum hydraulic torque under all the operating conditions is positive for the blade axis O.sub.1-O.sub.1 and the maximum hydraulic torque under all the operating conditions is negative for the blade axis O.sub.2-O.sub.2, a blade axis O.sub.3-O.sub.3 is set at a distance of 0.618 s/k from the axis O.sub.1-O.sub.1 to the axis O.sub.2-O.sub.2, and the maximum hydraulic torque of the blade of the water pump under all the operating conditions for the blade axis O.sub.3-O.sub.3 is calculated and determined; if the maximum hydraulic torque of the blade of the water pump under all the operating conditions for the blade axis O.sub.3-O.sub.3 is positive, it is indicated that the optimal blade axis is located between the axis O.sub.3-O.sub.3 and the axis O.sub.2-O.sub.2, then a blade axis O.sub.4-O.sub.4 is set at a distance of 0.618(10.618)s/k from the axis O.sub.3-O.sub.3 to the axis O.sub.2-O.sub.2, and the maximum hydraulic torque of the blade of the water pump under all the operating conditions for the blade axis O.sub.4-O.sub.4 is calculated and determined; if the maximum hydraulic torque of the blade of the water pump under all the operating conditions for the blade axis O.sub.3-O.sub.3 is negative, a blade axis O.sub.4-O.sub.4 is set at a distance of 0.6180.618 s/k from the axis O.sub.1-O.sub.1 to the axis O.sub.3-O.sub.3, and the maximum hydraulic torque of the blade of the water pump under all the operating conditions for the blade axis O.sub.4-O.sub.4 is calculated and determined; . . . , continue this way until the distance s between the last approaching two adjacent blade axes is small enough to satisfy a formula (2),
s0.001 m(2) the blade axis at this position is the optimal blade axis, which can ensure the minimization of the maximum hydraulic torque of the blade of the water pump under all the operating conditions.

5. The method for optimizing the blade axis position of the water pump under all operating conditions according to claim 4, characterized in that according to comparison of blade hydraulic torques before and after optimization of the blade axis position of the water pump as described in step G, the blade hydraulic torque under each calculation condition after optimization of the blade axis position is calculated and listed in a table; by taking a blade angle as an abscissa and the blade hydraulic torque as an ordinate, the blade hydraulic torques of the water pump under mn calculation conditions before and after the optimization of the blade axis position are plotted on a graph, and blade hydraulic torque points at the same head but different angles are connected to compare the blade hydraulic torques before and after the optimization of the blade axis position; and results show that after the optimization of the blade axis position of the water pump, the maximum absolute hydraulic torque of the blade under all the operating conditions is reduced by about , and the average absolute hydraulic torque of the blade is reduced by about .

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the calculation area of the flow field of a water pump according to the present invention.

[0032] FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the range of an optimal blade axis position in the present invention.

[0033] 1blade cross section on a calculation cylindrical surface; 2current blade axis position; 3resultant force action line closest to an outlet edge of the blade; 4resultant force action line closest to an inlet edge of the blade; sthe range which the optimal blade axis position locates in

[0034] FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the determination of the maximum blade hydraulic torque, the small region of the optimal blade axis position and the optimal blade axis position under all operating conditions at different blade axis positions in the present invention.

[0035] FIG. 4 is a performance graph of a pump device in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0036] FIG. 5 is a diagram of the determination of the maximum blade hydraulic torque, the small region of an optimal blade axis position and the optimal blade axis position under all the operating conditions at different blade axis positions in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0037] FIG. 6 is a comparison diagram of the blade hydraulic torques under 25 calculation conditions before and after the optimization of the blade axis position in an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0038] The present invention will be further described with reference to the following embodiments.

[0039] For a large vertical axial-flow pump in a pumping station, impeller diameter D=1640 mm, impeller hub diameter d.sub.h=820 mm, blade design angle is 0, rotation speed is 250 r/min, design head of a pump device is 6 m, design flow is 10.6 m.sup.3/s, and blade angle adjustment range is 4+6. The blade is made of stainless steel, and an impeller and a guide vane structure of the water pump are known. Performance curves of the pump device are shown in FIG. 4.

[0040] A. Determination of Calculation Conditions within the Range of all Operating Conditions of the Water Pump

[0041] According to the actual operating range of the water pump, five heads of the pump device: 3.5 m, 4.75 m, 6 m, 7.25 m and 8.5 m, and five blade angles: 4, 2, 0, 3 and 6 are determined, a total of 25 calculation conditions. Through the calculation and analysis of the blade hydraulic torque under the 25 conditions, the blade axis position is optimized to achieve the purpose of reducing the blade hydraulic torque.

[0042] B. Three-Dimensional Modeling and Mesh Generation of the Calculation Area of the Flow Field of the Water Pump

[0043] This embodiment carries out three-dimensional modeling on the calculation area of the flow field of the water pump composed of four sections: a section before an impeller inlet, an impeller section, a guide vane body section and a section after the guide vane outlet as shown in FIG. 1, with the number of divided grids being 215280, 338094, 405768 and 464536 respectively, and grid independence verification is also conducted.

[0044] C. Numerical Simulation of the Flow Field of the Water Pump and Calculation and Determination of the Blade Hydraulic Torque

[0045] By using CFX fluid calculation software and a k- turbulence model, the flow field of the 25 calculation conditions in A is numerically simulated, and the internal flow field of the water pump, the surface pressure distribution of a blade and the blade hydraulic torque are obtained. The hydraulic torques of the 25 calculation conditions are shown in Table 3.

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Embodiment blade hydraulic torque (Unit: N .Math. m) of water pump under each calculation condition before optimization of blade axis position H = 3.5 m H = 4.75 m H = 6 m H = 7.25 m H = 8.5 m 4 4552.598 5076.718 5459.788 5846.693 64.730 2 2528.615 3425.948 4249.995 5061.623 5886.203 0 499.408 1855.120 2974.868 4207.868 5613.243 3 153.170 1523.600 2903.540 4108.908 5473.183 6 122.658 1678.430 3132.843 4347.790 5416.093

[0046] D. Determination of the Range of the Position of the Blade Resultant Hydraulic Pressure Action Line of the Water Pump and the Optimal Blade Axis Position Under all the Operating Conditions

[0047] Taking the operating point where head H=6 m and blade angle =0 as an example, forces on the blade in axial, circumferential and radial directions is calculated with CFX: the circumferential resultant force on two sides of the blade is 13642.8 N, the radial resultant force on the two sides is 421.185 N, the axial resultant force on the two sides is 29495.1 N, and the blade hydraulic torque is 2974.868 N.Math.m. A force arm L in the blade cross section is calculated to be 0.0915 m according to a formula (8). As shown in FIG. 5, through the calculation of the 25 calculation conditions of the water pump, blade resultant hydraulic pressure action points are all located on the inlet side of the current blade axis, and the maximum and minimum values of the force arm from the current blade axis are 0.193003 m and 0.001734 m respectively. Then the optimal blade axis is located on the inlet side of the current blade axis, 0.001734-0.193003 m away from the current blade axis.

[0048] E. Determination of the Small Region of the Optimal Blade Axis Position of the Water Pump Under all the Operating Conditions

[0049] As shown in FIG. 5, the section 0.001734-0.193003 m away from the current blade axis in the direction of the inlet side of the current blade axis is divided into 12 segments, each with a length of 0.015939 m, and starting from the position 0.001734 m away from the current blade axis, the blade hydraulic torques under the 25 calculation conditions are calculated respectively when the blade axis moves towards the inlet edge of the blade by 1 segment, 2 segments, . . . , 11 segments and 12 segments. In Table 4, the blade hydraulic torques of the first blade axis position (that is, the blade axis 0.0176731 m away from the current blade axis) under the 25 calculation conditions are selected, and the maximum blade hydraulic torque under the 25 calculation conditions at the blade axis position is determined to be 3086.615 N.Math.m. The blade hydraulic torques under the 25 conditions at the 12 blade axis positions are calculated respectively, the blade hydraulic torque with the largest absolute value at each blade axis position is determined for comparison as shown in FIG. 5, it is found that the optimal blade axis position is between the axis 5 with the minimum positive hydraulic torque and the axis 6 with the minimum negative hydraulic torque, and the axis 5 and the axis 6 are 0.081429 m and 0.097368 m away from the current blade axis respectively. In the calculation process, the change in the maximum blade hydraulic torque at each blade axis position is shown in FIG. 5.

TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 Embodiment blade hydraulic torque (Unit: N .Math. m) under each calculation condition when the blade axis moves towards the inlet edge by 0.0176731 m H = 3.5 m H = 4.75 m H = 6 m H = 7.25 m H = 8.5 m 4 2553.236 2857.702 3086.615 3072.477 3066.702 2 441.404 1069.245 1733.486 2346.403 2767.815 0 1816.009 717.365 248.373 1337.233 2485.496 3 2113.533 1061.631 90.416 1167.468 2350.067 6 2203.052 956.181 242.440 1310.406 2148.345

[0050] F. Determination of the Optimal Blade Axis Position of the Water Pump Under all the Operating Conditions

[0051] As shown in FIG. 5, in the section 0.081429 m to 0.097368 m away from the current blade axis in the direction of the inlet side of the current blade axis, the 0.618 golden section method is continuously carried out to calculate the optimal blade axis position which nearly minimizes the maximum blade hydraulic torque, and the optimal blade axis position is found to be 0.084 m away from the current blade axis in the direction of the inlet side of the current blade axis, with the error not exceeding 0.001 m.

[0052] G. Comparison of Blade Hydraulic Torques Before and after Optimization of the Blade Axis Position of the Water Pump

[0053] The blade hydraulic torques under 25 calculation conditions after optimization of the blade axis position are shown in Table 5. As shown in Table 3, Table 5 and FIG. 6, the blade hydraulic torques under the 25 calculation conditions before and after optimization of the blade axis position are comprehensively compared. Compared with the values before optimization of the blade axis position, the maximum blade hydraulic torque under all the conditions is reduced to 3072.48 N.Math.m from original 5886.20 N.Math.m after optimization, a decrease of 47.80%. In all the calculation conditions, only the conditions with head H=3.5 m and blade angle =0, 3 and 6 as well as the condition with head H=8.5 m and blade angle =4 see a slight increase in blade hydraulic torque, the blade hydraulic torque under the rest of the conditions is greatly reduced, with the absolute value of the average blade hydraulic torque under 25 calculation conditions reduced from 3446.548 N.Math.m to 774.97 N.Math.m, a decrease of 77.51%, and the blade hydraulic torque reduction effect is significant.

TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 Embodiment blade hydraulic torque (Unit: N .Math. m) of water pump under each calculation condition after optimization of blade axis position H = 3.5 m H = 4.75 m H = 6 m H = 7.25 m H = 8.5 m 4 2553.236 2857.702 3086.615 3072.477 3066.702 2 441.404 1069.245 1733.486 2346.403 2767.815 0 1816.009 717.365 248.373 1337.233 2485.496 3 2113.533 1061.631 90.416 1167.468 2350.067 6 2203.052 956.181 242.440 1310.406 2148.345