Diffuser (sewage)

About: Diffuser (sewage) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6487 publications have been published within this topic receiving 40404 citations.

Centrifugal pump stage with abrasion resistant elements

Abstract: A centrifugal submersible pump has wear resistant features to resist erosion due to sand laden fluid from a well The pump has a plurality of stages, each having a diffuser and an impeller located within a housing The diffuser has a sleeve in its inner portion that has a flange on its upper end The sleeve is a separate component from the remaining portions of the diffuser and harder The impeller has a vane section and a hub The hub is carried inside the sleeve The hub has a flange that bears against the flange of the diffuser sleeve The impeller hub is a separate component from the vane section of the impeller and is of a harder material

Hybrid vane island diffuser

Abstract: A gas turbine engine diffuser comprises a bowl-shaped diffuser casing and a cover nested into the bowl-shaped diffuser casing and cooperating therewith in defining a diffuser passage having a channeled entry portion in fluid flow communication with a vaned exit portion via a vaneless intermediate portion. The channeled entry portion is divided into an array of inlet flowpaths by a first set of vanes. Likewise, the vaned exit portion is divided into an array of outlet flowpaths by a second set of vanes.

Optimization of the diffuser in a centrifugal pump by combining response surface method with multi-island genetic algorithm:

Abstract: The diffuser plays a significant role in the performance of a centrifugal pump, especially for a high-power centrifugal pump. Therefore, to improve the efficiency of a centrifugal pump, optimization of a vaned diffuser is proposed in this work. The steady simulations were carried out by solving the three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations with a shear stress transport turbulence model. The numerical head and efficiency were validated by the experimental results of the original pump, and the results show that the predicted performance of the numerical simulation is in good agreement with the experimental results. Four design variables of the diffuser including the diffuser inlet diameter D3, diffuser inlet width b3, diffuser inlet angle α3, and diffuser wrap angle ϕ2 were selected to design by the CFturbo 9.0. The diffusers under test were selected using the orthogonal experiment method using the orthogonal array L16(44). The effect of the four variables on the pump’s efficiency was inve...

Minimising microbubble size through oscillation frequency control

Abstract: Microbubbles are bubbles below 1 mm in size and have been extensively deployed in industrial settings to improve gaseous exchange between gas and liquid phases. The high surface to volume ratio offered by microbubbles enables them to enhance transport phenomena and therefore can be used to reduce energy demands in many applications including, waste water aeration, froth flotation, oil emulsion separations and evaporation dynamics. Microbubbles can be produced by passing a gas stream through a micro-porous diffuser placed at the gas–liquid interface. Previous work has shown that oscillating this gas steam can reduce the bubble size and therefore increase energy savings. In this work we show that it is possible to further reduce microbubble size (and consequently maximise the number of bubbles) by varying the frequency of the oscillating gas supply. Three different microbubble generation systems have been investigated; an acoustic oscillation system and a mesh membrane, a fluidic oscillator coupled to a single orifice membrane and a fluidic oscillator coupled to a commercially available ceramic diffuser. In all three bubble generation methods there is an optimum oscillation frequency at which the bubble size is minimised and the number of microbubbles maximised. In some cases a reduction in bubble size of up to 73% was achieved compared with non-optimal operating frequencies. The frequency at which this optimum occurs is dependent on the bubble generation system; more specifically the geometry of the system, the type micro-porous diffuser and the gas flow rate. This work proves that by tuning industrial microbubble generators to their optimal oscillation frequency will result in a reduction of microbubble size and increase their number density. This will further improve gaseous exchange rates and therefore improve the efficiency of the industrial processes where they are being employed to produce bubbles, leading to a reduction in associated energy costs and an increase in the overall economic and energetic feasibility of these processes.

Noise suppression vanes in the intake system of an internal combustion engine

Abstract: An air diffuser (20) for an air intake system of an internal combustion engine. The air intake system includes a throttle body (22) up stream from an intake manifold (24), with the air diffuser (20) mounted between them. The air diffuser (20) includes vanes (62, 64) extending into its main bore (52) in order to diffuse and redirect the air flowing from the throttle body (22) into the intake manifold (24). The diffusion and redirection of the air reduces the noise emanating from the intake manifold (24) for particular engine operating conditions.