Design Exploration For A Centrifugal Pump Design

Centrifugal Pump Design: A 2300 GPM centrifugal pump was to be re-designed for an increased head of 530 ft. The new impeller design had to fit into the existing casing. 

An automated parametric CFD study using CFturbo and STAR-CCM+ was deployed to find the ideal wrap angle to match the performance target. 

• 31 Designs automatically evaluated in under 24 hours
• Design Parameter Wrap Angle: varied from 92 -> 122 degrees
• Evaluate all results "on-the-fly" with STAR-CCM+ Design Manager
• Best Wrap Angle 103 degrees = 530 ft head
• Visualize potential cavitation areas