Numerical investigation of effect of a centrifugal boost impeller on suction performance of an aircraft hydraulic pump

An integrated boost impeller can effectively improve the suction performance of an aircraft hydraulic pump (AHP). It must be designed very carefully; however, few studies thus far have investigated boost impellers. To explore the effect of the boost impeller, this study developed a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for an AHP based on the k-ε turbulence model and full cavitation model. The results of verification tests demonstrated that the model is reliable for simulating the delivery characteristics of piston pumps and the boost capacity of the inlet impeller. Steady-state simulations reveal that the boost impeller can remarkably improve the suction performance and mitigate the cavitation damage due to insufficient fluid filling while only consuming a small proportion of the total input power. Transient-state simulations show that the pump with an impeller is more capable of catching up with a sudden increase in flow demand, and it has a lower suction flow ripple and impact. However, such a boost impeller also has some limitations such as magnifying the suction pressure fluctuation and having little effect on mitigating the cavitation caused by the back-flow jet.     

转子径距比对燃料电池气体循环泵性能的影响

为了揭示径距比对凸轮式气体循环泵的气动性能的影响规律，通过坐标变换推导了3叶的圆弧-渐开线-圆弧转子型线方程，建立6种不同径距比的气体循环泵模型进行对比分析。采用重整化k-ε（RNG k-ε）湍流模型对转子腔内部进行三维非定常数值计算，结合动网格技术分析转子径距比对气体循环泵流量特性、转子腔速度分布的影响规律，并与试验结果进行对比。结果表明：转子径距比对气体循环泵性能影响较为明显，随着转子径距比由1.34增大到1.45，泵出口平均流量与瞬时流量脉动呈上升趋势，且在1.38~1.40时变化较为明显，平均流量增大了0.001 833 m³/s（15.8%）；转子径距比在1.38~1.40时，转子受力较好，对转子径向激励力分量F_x的抑制较为明显，对转子径向激励力分量F_y的影响不显著；随径距比变化，转子腔内涡量分布变化较为明显，转子径距比在1.40时，转子腔内涡量分布较小，有效抑制了气体回流。     

考虑叶轮流动滑移的离心泵盘腔流动模型

为研究离心泵盘腔内外特性，将离心泵盘腔三维流动简化为动静腔一维流动，基于动量守恒方程和径向连续方程，构建了动静腔流动微分方程；积分该方程并应用到盘腔中，引入密封件阻力系数，考虑叶轮流动滑移，修正泵势扬程公式，建立了离心泵叶轮-盘腔-密封环-平衡孔回路的自封闭流动模型。提出了内外迭代相结合的求解方法，实现了离心泵盘腔流动快速计算。通过与盘腔压力测量结果对比表明：使用Stodola叶轮流动滑移系数的盘腔流动模型比使用Wiesner叶轮流动滑移系数的盘腔流动模型的计算精度提高了约3.5%。盘腔流动模型结果表明：泵工况从小流量调节至大流量，容积效率逐渐提高，盖板推力略微逐渐增大。该方法及结论为离心泵盘腔内外特性计算提供参考。     

1种节能环保带喷射泵的排气引射器设计方案

提出了1种新式带喷射泵的排气引射器设计方案。通过计算表明，在高空模拟试验台中应用带有喷射泵的引射器，可以将湿燃气中的水蒸气冷凝分离出来，减少次流流量，降低排气温度，大幅度提高燃气总压，从而提高引射系数，并可实现无污染排放。     

复合叶片对小流量工况下燃油离心泵非定常特性的影响

为了研究长中短复合叶片对小流量工况下燃油离心泵非定常特性的影响规律,基于CFD技术对某型燃油离心泵进行了非定常数值模拟。首先,分别建立原型方案和带有长中短复合叶片的优化方案的离心泵三维模型和网格模型。其次,基于RNG k-ε湍流模型,对两个方案中泵内流动非定常特性进行数值计算。仿真结果表明：长中短复合叶片减弱了叶轮流道内的大尺度漩涡,降低了叶轮的出口滑移,使得压力分布更加均匀。同时,叶轮与隔舌的动静干涉造成了蜗壳内一定程度的压力脉动产生,且长中短复合叶片相对较低。另一方面,小流量工况下,优化方案中离心泵的扬程为1826m,效率为26.9%,比原型方案中离心泵的扬程和效率分别提高了3.6%和2.6%。     

A power and thermal management system for long endurance hypersonic vehicle

Due to the pneumatic heating and combustion effect, the scramjet engine of hypersonic vehicle faces high temperature challenge. It is necessary to comprehensively consider its thermal management and power generation together. A new Power and Thermal Management System (PTMS) combined with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (SCO₂) closed Brayton cycle and fuel vapor turbine is proposed and discussed in this paper. The new PTMS can meet the cooling requirement of hypersonic vehicle at Mach number 6–7, and avoid the coking and scrapping in the scramjet cooling channels. Compared with the PTMS only based on fuel vapor turbine, the new PTMS utilizes the waste heat of scramjet to generate more electricity. In addition, it can reduce the use of fuel sink for cooling, and the additional weight penalty can be compensated for long endurance hypersonic flight.