Centrifugal pumps are an integral part of plants used in process industries. The flow structure within a centrifugal pump is very complex due to the interaction between the rotating impeller and the geometric features around it. In the present study, numerical investigations on a centrifugal pump have been carried out using a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based solver. This study employs f...

Vacuum-assist venous drainage (VAVD) can increase venous blood return during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedures. However, the negative pressure created in the closed cardiotomy reservoir can be transmitted to the oxygenator if a nonocclusive or centrifugal arterial pump is used, resulting in bubble transgression (BT) from the gas to blood compartment of the oxygenator. We analyzed the vacu...

this paper presents the effect of high viscosity oil and two-phase foamy-oil flow on the performance of a single stage centrifugal pump. as a part of this, the applicability of a pipe viscometer to determine the foamy oil viscosity is investigated. unlike previous studies, a sealed fluid tank is used in a closed flow loop to allow conditioning the two-phase mixture to create foamy-oil. furtherm...

This paper presents the effect of high viscosity oil and two-phase foamy-oil flow on the performance of a single stage centrifugal pump. As a part of this, the applicability of a pipe viscometer to determine the foamy oil viscosity is investigated. Unlike previous studies, a sealed fluid tank is used in a closed flow loop to allow conditioning the two-phase mixture to create foamy-oil. Furtherm...

In this study, optimization of the impeller and design of volute were carried out in order to improve the performance of a centrifugal pump. Design parameters from vane plane development for impeller design were selected and effect of the design parameters on the performance of the pump was analyzed using CFD and Response Surface Method to optimized impeller. This study also proposed the optimi...

abstract: impeller trimming is a proper way to alter the performance of centrifugal pump with a constant speed so as to meet the demand on the specified flow rate and head in pumping systems. the affinity law accounting for the impeller trimming is the key relation to determine the pump performance with a trimmed impeller. there seems no experimental study dealing with such an affinity law for ...

OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to evaluate whether the type of pump used for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB; roller vs. centrifugal) can affect mortality or the neurological outcomes of adult cardiac surgery patients. METHODS Between 1994 and June 1999, 4000 consecutive patients underwent coronary and/or valve surgery at our hospital; of these, 2213 (55.3%) underwent surgery with centrifug...

This study was performed to assess if the kind of pump used for CPB (roller vs. centrifugal) can influence neurological outcomes of adult cardiac surgery patients. Between 1994 and 1998, 3438 patients underwent coronary and/or valve surgery at our hospital; of these, 1805 (52.5%) underwent surgery with the use of a centrifugal pump, and 1633 (47.5%) were operated with a roller pump. The effect ...