Title: Hydraulic design of a double suction blood pump
Abstract: The flow in pumps for open-heart and artificial heart units must be carefully optimized for the blood flow.The steady state three-dimensional turbulent flow inside a double suction blood pump was analyzed by solving the RANS equations with the SST k-ω turbulence model.The flow features in the blood pump were analyzed to optimize the design of the hydraulic components including the impeller and volute casing and the effects of various designs on the pump operating.The flow passage near the casing tongue has larger local wall shear stresses that may damage the blood cells,damage in the pump.The pump hydraulic efficiency can be improved by increasing the volute casing section area and a larger impeller vane exit angle will increase the pump head.Flow separation and its effect on pump performance can be controlled by a radial bladed impeller with a vane exit angle of 90°.The wall shear stresses for all designs were 20~26 Pa,less than the critical value for blood cell damage.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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