Open AccessInfluence of engine torque fluctuations on performance characteristics of pumps mounted on vehicles
Author(s) -
T. Kawahara,
Hideaki Takamiya,
Hitoshi Motono,
Yuji Hotta,
Kazuyoshi Miyagawa
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1909/1/012067
Subject(s) - torque , reciprocating motion , mechanics , rotation (mathematics) , stall torque , combustion , control theory (sociology) , impeller , physics , automotive engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer science , direct torque control , chemistry , gas compressor , thermodynamics , control (management) , organic chemistry , voltage , artificial intelligence , induction motor , quantum mechanics
A fire pump mounted on the fire engine is driven by a car engine. The engine has plurality of combustion chambers and converts the reciprocating motion of the pistons into rotational motion while shifting the combustion timing of each combustion chambers. When the force generated by the combustion is converted into torque, periodic torque fluctuation is generated. Torque fluctuation finally generates the rotation fluctuation. We analyzed pump performance by the rotation with the sinusoidal fluctuation for the impeller. From the viewpoint of torque and total head, each variable fluctuated in the same phase, but it was confirmed that there was a difference in fluctuation range. With engine rotation fluctuation given to the pump, we verify the pressure characteristics and efficiency on the outlet side change by CFD. In this paper, therefore, we report the results of CFD on pump output characteristics when periodic rotational fluctuations occur due to unsteady torque characteristics of the engine.