Oscar Sierra Llanes, Cristian A. Carrillo Martínez, Víctor M. Romero Medina,
2022
Memorias de congresos
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THERMOFLUIDS OF A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP FOR A 1 KWE OTEC PROTOTYPE IN THE MEXICAN CARIBBEAN SEA
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https://doi.org/10.26359/EPOMEX.CEMIE032022
CIENCIAS DE LA TECNOLOGIA
TECNOLOGIA DE LA ENERGIA
GENERACION DE ENERGIA
Currently, the CASES of the Universidad del Caribe is collaborating with the interdisciplinary group CEMIE-Océano developing the prototype of a 1 kWe OTEC plant for the Mexican Caribbean Sea. As part of the research for the development of the prototype, CASES has a research line focused on the numerical simulation of each of its four main components: pump, evaporator, turbine-generator and condenser; Therefore, the main objective of this work is to carry out the numerical simulation of the Lederle Hermetic CAM 1 commercial axial flow centrifugal pump, which drives the working fluid R152a throughout the thermodynamic cycle. The simulation process consists of 5 fundamental stages, to carry it out, it begins with the definition of the geometry of the pump. Through the use of a CAD modeling tool such as SolidWorks, the 3D models of the different components that make it up are developed along with their corresponding assembly. Next, we proceed to the discretization of the volume of fluid that consists of the generation of a mesh of finite elements in the space that the fluid occupies inside the pump. Subsequently, the selection of the numerical models to be solved is made, the properties of the materials that make up the pump, the working fluid R152a and the boundary conditions that are necessary for the simulation. Finally, it ends with the analysis of the results obtained. Through the validation of the numerical simulation with the operating conditions of the commercial pump, it will be possible to use the simulation programs for the development of new projects.
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