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Numerical and experimental study of variable speed automobile engine cooling water pump
Wei Li1, Leilei Ji1, Lingling Ma1
1National Research Center of Pumps, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.
Abstract:
To investigate the performance of engine cooling water pump in automobile with variable rotating speed, experimental tests and numerical simulation are carried out on an engine cooling water pump under the rotating speed of 2650, 2960, 3700, and 4300 r/min. The hydraulic performance under 3700 r/min rotating speed and the cavitation performance under 340 L/min flow rate are tested and analyzed. The predicted results agree well with the experimental results, indicating that the simulation has high accuracy. The results show that the head of engine cooling water pump increases gradually and the best-effective region moves toward high flow rate condition with the increase in rotating speed. The augment of rotating speed would deteriorate the internal flow fields and causes more energy losses, which is due to the increase in tip leakage flow and enhancement of rotor-stator interaction effects. And, the rotor-stator interaction effect is sensitive to the temperature under various rotating speeds. Furthermore, the required net positive suction head increases with the increase in rotational speed and anti-cavitation performance is weakened during cavitation conditions.
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