Design of 10 L/s Liquid Hydrogen Pump with Integrated Inducer and Centrifugal Impeller

With the global focus on energy and environmental issues, hydrogen energy development has become more and more important. The liquid hydrogen pump is an important equipment for hydrogen transportation, whose performance is significantly decided by the impeller. In this paper, we designed an integrated impeller with an inducer and an centrifugal impeller and optimized the axial length and outlet angle of the centrifugal impeller. Grid independence and cross validation prove that the simulation model and results are reliable. It is worth noting that a high roughness is given to the impeller surfaces in our simulation to obtain results closer to the real situation. By analyzing the pressure and relative liquid flow angle distribution in the fluid domain, the structural design of the impeller is optimized, and then the performance curve is obtained. The simulation results will provide a guidance for the manufacture of our liquid hydrogen pump, and also provide a reference for the design and manufacture of other liquid hydrogen pumps.