Performance improvement of multiphase pump for offshore plants through optimization technique

Author

Him-Chan Lee ; Joon-Hyung Kim ; Jin-Hyuk Kim ; Jun-Ho Kim ; Il-Soo Yoo ; Won-Chul Choi ; Joon-Yong Yoon ; Young-Seok Choi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This paper presents a procedure for design optimization of a Multiphase pump used for offshore plants. The Multiphase pump consists of a Helico-Axial type impeller with three blades and diffuser with eleven vanes. Variables and ranges defining blade angles of impeller and diffuser were selected as design variables for influences evaluation by using 2K factorial method. Based on the selected variables, the optimum model for the efficiency of multiphase pump was derived by using the response surface approximation (RSA) model.

Keywords

approximation theory; blades; design engineering; impellers; multiphase flow; offshore installations; optimisation; response surface methodology; 2K factorial method; RSA model; blade angles; design optimization technique; diffuser; helico-axial type impeller; multiphase pump; offshore plants; performance improvement; response surface approximation model; vanes; CFD; Design Optimization; Multiphase Pump; Offshore Plant;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Fluid Machinery and Fluid Engineering, 2014 ISFMFE - 6th International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

978-1-84919-907-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2014.1232

Filename

7124153