Pressure pulsations in reciprocating pump piping systems Part 1 : modelling

• Main Authors: Shu, Jian Jun, Burrows, C. R., Edge, K. A.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mathematics and analysis::Simulations
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94087; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7202
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A distributed parameter model of pipeline transmission line behaviour is presented, based on a Galerkin method incorporating frequency-dependent friction. This is readily interfaced to an existing model of the pumping dynamics of a plunger pump to allow time-domain simulations of pipeline pressure pulsations in both suction and delivery lines. A new model for the pump inlet manifold is also proposed.