Layout and flow field optimization of a stormwater pumping station with FLUENT software

Author

Ju, Li ; Peipei, Li ; Haiping, Zhang ; Feipeng, Li

Author_Institution

Shanghai Constr. Manage. Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 April 2011

Firstpage

3244

Lastpage

3247

Abstract

The flow patterns of forebay and outflow conduit are analyzed for a stormwater pumping station in Hongqiao Traffic Centre of Shanghai with FLUENT software based on Reynolds average N-S equations and standard k-ε turbulence model. Geo-reconstruction VOF method is applied to track the free surface and the PISO algorithm is applied to calculated the flow filed. Taking the standard deviation of cross sectional velocities as the objective function and also based on the qualitative judgment of flow pattern and velocity distribution, the original design scheme of the pumping station is optimized. The results show that no unsatisfactory flow pattern will appear in the forebay and outflow conduct with the improved design.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; design engineering; pumps; turbulence; FLUENT Software; PISO algorithm; Reynolds average N-S equation; cross sectional velocity; flow field optimization; flow pattern; geo-reconstruction VOF method; layout optimization; standard k-ε turbulence model; stormwater pumping station; velocity distribution; Computational fluid dynamics; Design automation; Mathematical model; Numerical simulation; Software; Solid modeling; Water conservation; FLUENT; Numerical simulation; optimized design; stromwater pumping station;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Technology and Civil Engineering (ICETCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lushan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0289-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5774720

Filename

5774720