Publications related to Centrifugal pump

CFD-based analysis of pumped storage power plants implementing hydraulic short circuit operations

Hydraulic short circuit (HSC), corresponding to the simultaneous operation of the pumps and turbines, enhances the power flexibility of a pumped storage power plant (PSPP). However, comprehensive analyses are imperative to guarantee a secure and reliable o ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2024

Fast-Response Variable-Stiffness Magnetic Catheters for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Dario Floreano, Yegor Piskarev, Yi Sun, Matteo Righi, Jun Shintake

In minimally invasive surgery, such as cardiac ablation, magnetically steered catheters made of variable-stiffness materials can enable higher dexterity and higher force application to human tissue. However, the long transition time between soft and rigid ...

2024

Structural impact of the start-up sequence on Pelton turbines lifetime: Analytical prediction and polynomial optimization

Mario Paolone, Elena Vagnoni, Aldo Leonardo Alerci

Hydropower plants play a crucial role in the power system facing ambitious renewable energy targets. Due to their inherent controllability, they are well suited to provide flexibility to the grid. However, an increased flexibility provision leads to a prol ...

2023

Research data supporting 'Fiber pumps for wearable fluidic systems'

Herbert Shea, Michael James Henry Smith, Vito Cacucciolo

The dataset supporting 'Fiber pumps for wearable fluidic systems', published in Science in March 2023. In this work, we present a fluidic pump in the form of a flexible and stretchable tube. These tubes - or 'fiber pumps' - can generate significant fluidic ...

2023

Bioinspired Soft Bendable Peristaltic Pump Exploiting Ballooning for High Volume Throughput

Josephine Anna Eleanor Hughes

Interest in bioinspired peristaltic pumps has grown in popularity among the scientific community in the last decade thanks to their extreme flexibility and their intrinsic compliance. In this paper, we propose a soft peristaltic pump exploiting ballooning. ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

The effects of the tip clearance on the performance of small-scale turbopumps for ORC applications; analysis and modeling

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Sajjad Zakeralhoseini

In this paper, the influence of tip clearance on the performance of small-scale turbopumps is studied numerically on extensive parameter ranges suitable for organic Rankine cycle applications. A novel and fully parameterized design model is developed and u ...

Technical University of Munich2021

Numerical investigation on the volute cutwater for pumps running in turbine mode

Elena Vagnoni, Alessandro Morabito

The hydropower sector has recently raised the interest in pump as turbine (PaT) that can be a valid trade-off between capital cost and performance in micro-scale installations. Nevertheless, the modest efficiency of PaTs often restricts their exploitation. ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2021

Techno-economic assessment of postcombustion carbon capture using high-performance nanoporous single-layer graphene membranes

Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Marina Micari, Mostapha Dakhchoune

High-performance membranes have emerged as an energy-efficient alternative to absorption-based postcombustion carbon capture. So far, the techno-economic analyses have been centered around the polymeric membranes. Recently, nanoporous single-layer graphene ...

2021

A reduced order model to predict the machining time and cost of small-scale radial-inflow turbines

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Matthias Geiselhart

This paper proposes a novel approach to predict the machining time of small-scale radial-inflow turbine impellers for organic Rankine cycle power systems based on preliminary design parameters. The time prediction method uses machining databases of differe ...

Technical University of Munich2021

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Centrifugal pump

CFD-based analysis of pumped storage power plants implementing hydraulic short circuit operations

Fast-Response Variable-Stiffness Magnetic Catheters for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Small-scale turbopumps for waste heat recovery applications based on an organic Rankine cycle: a study from pre-design to experimental validation

Structural impact of the start-up sequence on Pelton turbines lifetime: Analytical prediction and polynomial optimization

Research data supporting 'Fiber pumps for wearable fluidic systems'

Bioinspired Soft Bendable Peristaltic Pump Exploiting Ballooning for High Volume Throughput

The effects of the tip clearance on the performance of small-scale turbopumps for ORC applications; analysis and modeling

Numerical investigation on the volute cutwater for pumps running in turbine mode

Techno-economic assessment of postcombustion carbon capture using high-performance nanoporous single-layer graphene membranes

A reduced order model to predict the machining time and cost of small-scale radial-inflow turbines

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Structural impact of the start-up sequence on Pelton turbines lifetime: Analytical prediction and polynomial optimization

Research data supporting 'Fiber pumps for wearable fluidic systems'

Bioinspired Soft Bendable Peristaltic Pump Exploiting Ballooning for High Volume Throughput

Fast-Response Variable-Stiffness Magnetic Catheters for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Small-scale turbopumps for waste heat recovery applications based on an organic Rankine cycle: a study from pre-design to experimental validation

Numerical investigation on the volute cutwater for pumps running in turbine mode

Techno-economic assessment of postcombustion carbon capture using high-performance nanoporous single-layer graphene membranes

A reduced order model to predict the machining time and cost of small-scale radial-inflow turbines

CFD-based analysis of pumped storage power plants implementing hydraulic short circuit operations

The effects of the tip clearance on the performance of small-scale turbopumps for ORC applications; analysis and modeling