Academic literature on the topic 'Reciprocating pumps'

The crank-slider mechanism is the key component in reciprocating pumps. With the increase of the rotational speed of the crank-slider mechanism, the vibration and working noise of reciprocating pumps increase. Based on the multi-body dynamics theory, the dynamic model of the crank-slider mechanism of reciprocating pumps is proposed. A numerical example is given and the validity of the procedure developed here is demonstrated by analyzing the dynamic behavior of a typical crank-slider mechanism of the reciprocating pump. The model can well simulate the dynamic response of the mechanism, which can enable designers to obtain required information on the analysis and design of reciprocating pumps.

Abstract: The soul of India lives in the villages and the backbone of that soul is the agricultural sector Improvement in irrigation is necessary to strengthen the economic background in agriculture. In present times, more power is required for people to use new equipment. Solar energy must be used optimally to achieve the expected results that it is environmentally friendly and can be run with less power consumption than central pumps and fuel-based pumps. Its ultimate objective is to lift water from the level discharged through water resources. Therefore, electric energy is powered by the help of PV panels and batteries charged by the Sun rays and electric power is obtained to drive the DC motor Which provides power to the reciprocating pump with mechanical power to the connecting rod. The system consists of a single solar panel, battery, motor, crankshaft, exchange pump, valve and tank

The thermodynamic and dynamic analysis of working processes and acting forces in single-stage reciprocating compressors and pumps has been performed. It has been established that, despite the general tendency to increase the crankshaft velocity and the discharge pressure of the compressible gas and dropping liquid in reciprocating single-stage compressors and pumps, there are their optimal values, which are determined on the basis of the maximum values of the supply coefficient, indicator, volumetric and total efficiency. It is shown that these values also have limits, bounded by the oil flash point (for reciprocating compressors) and permissible stresses in the parts and assemblies of the drive mechanism (for reciprocating compressors and pumps). It was found out that for a reciprocating hybrid power machine with regenerative heat exchange, the crankshaft velocity could be taken equal to 300...700 rounds per min-1, and the discharge pressure of the compressible gas and dropping liquid is 0.2...1.5 MPa.

In order to determine the energy saving effect of the pump system after the energy saving technical reconstruction project implementation, this paper mainly researches on how to measure and verify the pump system energy saving after the energy saving technical reconstruction project implementation for AC drive (drag) centrifugal, mixed flow, axial flow, vortex pumps and reciprocating pumps. This paper also puts forward the related definitions, boundaries, methods, technical requirements of measurement and verification, etc.

Two methods are proposed in the paper to reduce the flow and pressure pulsation caused by the reciprocating pump in aircraft deicing system. First, the control algorithm for multiple phases of pumps is used to cut down the pulse energy among the pumps. Then the inflatable accumulator is used in combination with pumps to make the fluid more stable. At last, the simulation results show that the methods can effectively decrease the pulsation in the system.

A Stepper Motor Driven Reciprocating Pump (SDRP) can replace roller pumps and rotary pumps for cardio pulmonary bypass, hemodialysis and regional perfusion. The blood pumping ventricles are basically the same as ventricles used for air driven artificial hearts and ventricular assist devices. The electric stepper motor uses a flexible linkage belt to produce a reciprocating movement, which pushes a hard sphere into the diaphragm of the blood ventricles. The SDRP generates pulsatile flow and has a small priming volume. The preset power level of the motor driver limits the maximum potential outflow pressure, so the driver acts as a safety device. A double pump can be made by connecting two fluid pumping chambers to opposing sides of the motor base. Each pump generates pulsatile flow. Pressure and flow studies with water were undertaken. Preliminary blood studies showed low hemolysis, even when circulating a small amount of blood up to 16 hours.

Peristaltic pumps rely on constant compression of elastomeric tubing from which particles may be shed, a phenomenon known as spallation. We studied spallated particles on microfluidic filtration devices with photolithographically prepared micron-level pore fields. Filtration of ultra-pure water through these pores was analyzed using either the usual peristaltic pump or a reciprocating pair of syringe pumps. Using syringe pumps, transmembrane pressure (TMP) values during filtration at 2.5 cm3/min revealed steady filtration for over 80 minutes at 2.3 mmHg. Using the peristaltic pump, TMP was never stable, increasing to approximately 11 mmHg during the first 10 minutes. Pore plugging was the culprit, evidenced by post-perfusion microphotography.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.
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An investigation has been carried out to determine the factors controlling the wear characteristics of disc poppet valves in reciprocating slurry pumps used in the transportation of quartzite slurries. A laboratory test rig has been designed and built which closely simulates the operating conditions experienced by slurry pump valves. Experiments have been conducted to determine the effect of the design parameters, namely - slurry constitution, valve closure velocity and valve angle, on the wear resistance of a low alloy steel, as a function of its mechanical properties. It has been shown that the wear of the valves is a sensitive function of the operating parameters. Significant improvements in the life of the valves can be achieved through increasing material hardness, reducing valve closure velocity, slurry density and valve angle. A detailed study has been made of the mechanisms contributing to valve wear. It has been established that both percussive impact and three body abrasion wear mechanisms predominate. The influence of each mechanism has been shown to be a function of the slurry constitution and the material hardness.

[ES] Esta tesis doctoral presenta un estudio de compresores scroll con inyección de vapor (SCVI) para bombas de calor que operan en climas fríos o para aplicaciones de calentamiento de agua a alta temperatura. Para ello, se comparó experimentalmente un SCVI con un compresor de dos etapas de pistones (TSRC) trabajando con R-407C en condiciones extremas. La comparación se realizó en términos de eficiencias del compresor, capacidad, COP y rendimientos estacionales tanto para el modo calefacción como para el modo refrigeración. Los resultados proporcionan una idea general sobre el rango de aplicación de los compresores estudiados y sobre las diferencias en los rendimientos de los compresores. Sin embargo, se identificaron varias limitaciones en la caracterización de los compresores y en el análisis del ciclo. Esto motivó a profundizar en el estudio del ciclo de compresión de dos etapas y sus componentes. El siguiente paso fue realizar un análisis teórico de los ciclos de compresión de dos etapas para aplicaciones de calefacción, en donde se identificó a la presión intermedia y a la relación de inyección como los parámetros del sistema más influyentes sobre el COP. La presión intermedia se optimizó para dos configuraciones de inyección (tanque de separación y economizador) utilizando varios refrigerantes. Basándose en los resultados de la optimización, se propuso una correlación que permite obtener la presión intermedia óptima del ciclo, considerando la influencia del subenfriamiento a la salida del condensador. Además, se analizó la influencia del diseño de los componentes del sistema sobre el COP del ciclo. Posteriormente, el estudio se profundizó a nivel de componentes. El factor más crítico en el sistema es el rendimiento del compresor. Por lo tanto, el siguiente paso fue evaluar la influencia de varios sistemas de compresión con inyección de vapor sobre el COP. Se tomaron en cuenta tres tecnologías de compresores, un SCVI, un TSRC y un compresor scroll de dos etapas (TSSC). Estas tecnologías de compresores fueron caracterizadas y modeladas para estudiar su rendimiento. Para ello, se propuso una nueva metodología para caracterizar compresores scroll con inyección de vapor. Esta metodología permite evaluar el rendimiento del compresor independientemente del mecanismo de inyección que se utiliza en el ciclo. Se identificó una correlación lineal entre la relación de inyección de refrigerante y la relación de compresión intermedia. Esta correlación se utiliza para determinar el flujo másico de inyección en función de la presión intermedia. Posteriormente, se propuso un modelo semi-empírico de compresores scroll y una metodología para extender dicho modelo para compresores scroll con inyección de vapor. Los modelos fueron ajustados y validados usando datos experimentales de cuatro compresores scroll trabajando con R-290 y un SCVI trabajando con R-407C. Finalmente, se comparó un SCVI con dos compresores de dos etapas, un TSSC y un TSRC, trabajando en condiciones extremas. Se optimizó la relación de volúmenes de los compresores de dos etapas. Los resultados muestran que, en las condiciones nominales de funcionamiento (Te=-15 °C, Tc=50 °C), la relación de volúmenes óptima del TSSC es 0.58, y del TSRC es 0.57. El TSSC consigue un COP 6% mayor que el SCVI y un COP 11.7% mayor que el TSRC. Bajo un amplio rango de condiciones de operación, el SCVI presenta una mejor eficiencia y COP para relaciones de presión inferiores a 5. Para relaciones de presión más altas, el TSSC presenta mejor rendimiento y consigue una temperatura de descarga más baja. Se concluye que el SCVI es una solución fácil de implementar, desde el punto de vista del mecanizado, y que permite extender el mapa de trabajo de los compresores de una etapa. Sin embargo, los resultados muestran que la compresión en dos etapas consigue mejorar en mayor medida el COP del ciclo y la capacidad, con una mayor redu
[CA] Aquesta tesi doctoral presenta un estudi de compressors scroll amb injecció de vapor (SCVI) per a bombes de calor que operen en climes freds o per a aplicacions d'escalfament d'aigua a alta temperatura. Per a això, es va comparar experimentalment un SCVI amb un compressor de dues etapes de pistons (TSRC) treballant amb R-407C en condicions extremes. La comparació es va realitzar en termes d'eficiències del compressor, capacitat, COP i rendiments estacionals tant per al mode calefacció com per al mode refrigeració. Els resultats proporcionen una idea general sobre el rang d'aplicació dels compressors estudiats i sobre les diferències en els rendiments dels compressors. No obstant això, es van identificar diverses limitacions en la caracterització dels compressors i en l'anàlisi del cicle. Això va motivar a aprofundir en l'estudi del cicle de compressió de dues etapes i els seus components. El següent pas va ser realitzar una anàlisi teòrica dels cicles de compressió de dues etapes per a aplicacions de calefacció, on es va identificar la pressió intermèdia i la relació d'injecció com els paràmetres del sistema més influents sobre el COP. La pressió intermèdia es va optimitzar per a dues configuracions d'injecció (tanc de separació i economitzador) utilitzant diversos refrigerants. Basant-se en els resultats de l'optimització, es va proposar una correlació que permet obtindre la pressió intermèdia òptima del cicle, considerant la influència del subrefredament a l'eixida del condensador. A més, es va analitzar la influència del disseny dels components del sistema sobre el COP del cicle. Posteriorment, l'estudi es va aprofundir a nivell de components. El factor més crític en el sistema és el rendiment del compressor. Per tant, el següent pas va ser avaluar la influència de diversos sistemes de compressió amb injecció de vapor sobre el COP. Es van prendre en compte tres tecnologies de compressors, un SCVI, un TSRC i un compressor scroll de dues etapes (TSSC). Aquestes tecnologies de compressors van ser caracteritzades i modelades per a estudiar el seu rendiment. Per a això, es va proposar una nova metodologia per a caracteritzar compressors scroll amb injecció de vapor. Aquesta metodologia permet avaluar el rendiment del compressor independentment del mecanisme d'injecció que s'utilitza en el cicle. Es va identificar una correlació lineal entre la relació d'injecció de refrigerant i la relació de compressió intermèdia. Aquesta correlació s'utilitza per a determinar el flux màssic d'injecció en funció de la pressió intermèdia. Posteriorment, es va proposar un model semi-empíric de compressors scroll i una metodologia per a estendre aquest model per a compressors scroll amb injecció de vapor. Els models van ser ajustats i validats utilitzant dades experimentals de quatre compressors scroll treballant amb R-290 i un SCVI treballant amb R-407C. Finalment, es va comparar un SCVI amb dos compressors de dues etapes, un TSSC i un TSRC, treballant en condicions extremes. Es va optimitzar la relació de volums dels compressors de dues etapes. Els resultats mostren que, en les condicions nominals de funcionament (Te=-15 °C, Tc=50 °C), la relació de volums òptima del TSSC és 0.58, i del TSRC és 0.57. El TSSC aconsegueix un COP 6% major que el SCVI i un COP 11.7% major que el TSRC. Sota un ampli rang de condicions d'operació, el SCVI presenta una millor eficiència i COP per a relacions de pressió inferiors a 5. Per a relacions de pressió més altes, el TSSC presenta millor rendiment i aconsegueix una temperatura de descàrrega més baixa. Es conclou que el SCVI és una solució fàcil d'implementar, des del punt de vista del mecanitzat, i que permet estendre el mapa de treball dels compressors d'una etapa. No obstant això, els resultats mostren que la compressió en dues etapes aconsegueix millorar en major mesura el COP del cicle i la capacitat, amb una major reducció de la
[EN] This Ph.D. thesis presents a study of scroll compressors with vapor-injection (SCVI) for heat pumps operating in cold climates or in high-temperature water heating applications. To do so, firstly, an SCVI was experimentally compared with a two-stage reciprocating compressor (TSRC) working with R-407C under extreme conditions. The comparison was made in terms of compressor efficiencies, capacity, COP, and seasonal COP, both for heating and cooling modes. The results give a general idea about the application range of the studied compressors and the differences in the compressors' performance. Nevertheless, several restrictions in the compressors' characterization and the cycle analysis were identified. This motivated us to deepen in the study of the two-stage compression cycle and its components. The next step was performing a theoretical analysis of two-stage compression cycles for heating applications, where the intermediate pressure and the injection ratio were identified as the most influential system parameters on the COP. The intermediate pressure was optimized for two vapor-injection configurations (flash tank and economizer) using several refrigerants. Based on the optimization results, a correlation was proposed that allows obtaining the optimal intermediate pressure of the cycle, considering the influence of the subcooling at the condenser outlet. In addition, a theoretical analysis of the influence of the design of the system components on the COP of the cycle was performed. Once the thermodynamic analysis of the two-stage cycle was carried out, the study was deepened at the component level. The most critical factor in the system is the compressor performance. Hence, the next step was evaluating the influence of several compression systems with vapor-injection on the COP. Three compressor technologies were taken into account, an SCVI, a TSRC and a two-stage scroll compressor (TSSC). These compressor technologies were characterized and modeled in order to study their performance. To do so, a new methodology to characterize SCVI was proposed. This methodology allows evaluating the compressor performance independently of the injection mechanism used in the cycle. A linear correlation was identified between the refrigerant injection ratio and the intermediate compression ratio. This correlation is used to determine the injection mass flow as a function of the intermediate pressure. Then, a semi-empirical model of scroll compressors and a methodology to extend the model for scroll compressors with vapor-injection was proposed. The models were adjusted and validated using experimental data from four scroll compressors working with R-290 and an SCVI compressor working with R-407C. Finally, an SCVI was compared with two two-stage compressors, a TSSC, and a TSRC, working in extreme conditions. The displacement ratio of the two-stage compressors was optimized. Results show that, at the nominal operating conditions (Te=-15 °C, Tc=50 °C), the optimal displacement ratio of the TSSC is 0.58, and of the TSRC is 0.57. The TSSC achieves 6% larger COP than the SCVI and 11.7% larger COP than the TSRC. Under a wide range of operating conditions, the SCVI presents a better efficiency and COP for pressure ratios below 5. For higher-pressure ratios, the TSSC presents better performance and achieves lower discharge temperature. It is concluded that the SCVI is an easy solution to implement from the point of view of machining, which allows extending the working map of the single-stage compressors. However, the results show that the two-stage compression technology gets further improve the COP of the cycle and the capacity, with a greater reduction of the discharge temperature operating under extreme conditions.
I thank the financial support provided by the Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENESCYT) of Ecuador, through the international scholarship program for postgraduate studies “Convocatoria Abierta 2013 Segunda Fase, Grant No 2015-AR37665”.
Tello Oquendo, FM. (2019). Study of scroll compressors with vapor-injection for heat pumps operating in cold climates or in high-temperature water heating applications [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/120473
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Abstract The reciprocating pumps are widely used for transporting fluid in oil field. The flow pulsation and pressure fluctuation in the conventional reciprocating pump with short stroke, high speed and simple harmonic motion of piston driven by crank-connecting rod mechanism are inevitable. For reducing the flow and pressure pulsation, a hydraulic reciprocating pump with the GPCM control by means of normal on-off valve is designed. In order to improve the overall pump performances and life span. fault analysis and optimized design of the pump valve are completed. The mathematical model of the asymmetric cylinder system with PCM valve control used in the hydraulic reciprocating pump is built. The digital simulation about the control system is done, and the result shows that the pulsation of pump discharge flow is improved greatly.

Acceleration pressure is an important factor in estimating the necessary boost pressure to prevent cavitation in reciprocating pumps. The Hydraulic Institute provides an equation for estimating acceleration pressure for crankshaft-driven reciprocating (CDR) pumps with piston centerline coincident with crankshaft centerline. This equation contains a numerical variable “C,” which is dependent on the number of cylinders in the pump and whether the pump is single acting or double acting. By means of the Maple™ [1] symbolic algebra computer program, this paper presents the following: • Analytic solutions for “C” for double-acting pumps with any odd number of cylinders and another analytic solution for pumps with any even number of cylinders. • General solutions for “C” that make the acceleration pressure equation analytic for pumps with 1 to 9 cylinders. • Estimated solutions for “C” for pumps with any numbers of cylinders greater than or equal to 3. The analytic solutions demonstrate that “C” is dependent on the connecting rod length, the crank throw radius, the effective diameter of the push rod, and the diameter of the piston.

Both Epicyclic gear trains and reciprocating pumps have been used for years and their advantages are well documented. This paper presents a method to combine the advantages of epicyclic gear and reciprocating pump to provide a configuration for a new kind of pump called the epicyclic gear pump. Using features of IDEAS, the pump is modeled and the dynamic stress acting on the pump is calculated. Further development of the epicyclic gear pump leading to an engine similar to the rotary engine is left to future research.

Abstract Heating of the gas is an undesirable effect of the compression process, particularly in vacuum pumps and high pressure ratio reciprocating compressors. ‘Discharge gas cooling’ is analogous to the commonly known phenomenon of ‘suction gas heating’, but unlike the latter, discharge gas cooling is beneficial to the user of a vacuum pump. This paper describes a technique for modeling the complex heat transfer process by breaking it up in to different stages and calculating the heat transferred during each stage for estimating the discharge temperature. The method was validated by comparing the results with experimental data for a vacuum pump tested over a range of operating conditions.

According to the energy consumption status and characteristics of high pressure pump in Seawater Reverse Osmosis desalination unit of 2500m3/d and 5000 m3/d capacity, reasonable types of high pressure pump were chosen. Research on improving the efficiency of the two types of high pressure pump was made. Without affecting the pump reliability, structural optimization was made centering a round improving the energy efficiency or making efforts to improve energy efficiency. CFD technology was adopted in the fluid end design of the reciprocating pump and high efficiency hydraulic model chosen of the multistage centrifugal pump. For multistage centrifugal pump, several hydraulic models with good hydraulic characteristics were chosen. Numerical method was used in the performance prediction and modeling. Test results show that the optimized reciprocating pump efficiency reaches 93.36% and the multistage centrifugal pump efficiency reaches 80%. This research provides theoretical guidance for reducing energy consumption of Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) and improving the efficiency of high pressure pumps.

Current research at the University of Salento’s Department of Innovation Engineering aims to the development of the next generation of high-pressure pumps for Diesel common rail systems. In order to improve both performance and reliability, a better understanding of the mechanisms, underlying the fatigue behavior of high pressure reciprocating plunger pump, is necessary. Previous studies based on static and dynamic FEM simulations provided results to be confirmed by experimental tests. In this paper, we present an experimental approach to better assess the fatigue behavior of this critical component, toward an increase in both robustness, and speed and rail pressure. Based on the analysis of the worst contact conditions under service, the important parameters to be considered for the experimental set-up are isolated and selected; in particular the friction influence and the mutual position of the parts is crucial to establish the real stress state in the pump plunger.