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Design of an Inducer Pump with High Suction Performance and Backflow Control
The design of inducers is critical to achieving high suction performance in industrial pumps and rocket engine

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turbopumps. However, the conventional design approach, based on blade angles, often causes unstable
pump operation. Instabilities such as strong inlet backflow and rotating cavitation in inducers may cause

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mechanical failures in pumps and the entire pumping system.

TURBOdesign1 has been successfully applied to the design of inducers and validated by experiments. By
optimizing blade loading, the suction performance can be improved over the operating range. The low
pressure area was reduced as shown in Figures1 and 2.
It was also confirmed that the inlet backflow can be controlled by optimizing the blade loading at the leading
edge.
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Fig.1: Conventional (Helical Type)

Study of Turbopump In
Designed by 3-D Invers
Method

Fig.2: TURBOdesign1

Design Optimisation of
Pump Inducer

TURBOdesign1 was also applied in the design of the main impeller of an inducer
pump, see Figure 3.

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Hydrodynamics Using I
Design Method and CF

Experimental validation confirmed that employing aft-loading at the shroud was

effective in achieving high suction performance. In addition, consideration of the

Improvements of Induc
Backflow Characteristic
Inverse Design Method

pre-swirl created by the inducer is important in improving the suction performance

of the main impeller. See Figure 4.
The design of a highly loaded, rocket engine, turbo pump inducer, was carried out

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using TURBOdesign1 (Figure 5). The conventional helical type inducer has a

Effects of Blade Loadin

Inducer Performance a
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strong inlet backflow even at the design point, the presence of which is confirmed

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Rocket Turbopump by
TURBOdesign1

by the photograph in Figure 6. This inlet backflow at the design point was
eliminated by optimizing the blade loading distribution using TURBOdesign1, see

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Figure 7. The meridional geometry was also re-designed to achieve high loading.
Figures 8 and 10 show the streamlines at design point, the elimination of the inlet
backflow can be clearly seen.
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Design of Mixed Flow P

Using TURBOdesign1
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Fig.5

Fig.6: Conventional

Fig.7: TURBOdesign1

The elimination of inlet backflow is important for assuring mechanical reliability, and avoiding deterioration of
the thermodynamic effects on suppressing cavitation of liquid hydrogen. Figures 9 and 11 show the FFT
analysis results of measured pressure fluctuation at the design point, and a cavitation number of = 0.04. In
the case of the inducer designed by TURBOdesign1, pressure oscillation was maintained at a very low level
and no evidence of rotating cavitation was observed.

Fig.8: Conventional

Fig.9: Conventional

Fig.10: TURBOdesign1

Fig.11: TURBOdesign1

References:
Ashihara, K. and Goto, A., 1999, Improvements of Pump Suction Performance using 3-D Inverse Design
Method, ASME FEDSM99-6846

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Ashihara, K. and Goto, A., 2002, Effects of Blade Loading on Pump Inducer Performance and Flow Fields,
ASME FEDSM 2002
Ashihara, K., Goto, A., Kamijo, K., Yamada, H., Hashimoto, and T., Uchiumi, M., 2001, Study on
Turbopump Inducers Designed by 3-D Inverse Design Method, AFI-2001, Zao, Japan.

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