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This paper presents the result of design optimization for three-bladed pump inducer using a three-dimensional inverse design approach, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Design of Experiment (DoE) taking suction performance and cavitation instability into consideration. Cavitating and non-cavitating performances for inducers designed using the design variables arranged in the DoE table were analyzed by steady CFD.
The effective design parameters on suction performance and cavitation instability were confirmed by sensitivity analysis during the design optimization process.
In this publication, you will:
- Learn the procedure of design optimization of three-bladed pump inducer by means of 3D Inverse Design approach, CFD and DoE considering suction performance and cavitation instability.
- Understand the experimental investigation of pump non-cavitating performance, suction performance and occurrence of cavitation instaibility phenomena, where superiority of optimum inducer design in suction performance and cavitation instability was proved.
- See the advantage of using a three-dimensional based approach, which enables engineers to use fewer and effective parameters.
