Abstract: The thermal effects which affect the development of leading edge cavitation in an inducer were investigated experimentally using refrigerant R114. For different operating conditions, the evolution ...

Abstract: A computational fluid dynamics model for cavitation simulation was investigated and compared with experimental results in the case of a three-blade industrial inducer. The model is based on a ...

Abstract: The thermodynamic effect on a cavitating inducer is investigated from joint experiments in cold water and Refrigerant 114. The analysis is focused on leading edge cavitation and cavitation ...

Abstract: Temperature depression within the leading edge cavities on a space inducer is measured in Refrigerant 114 using miniature thermocouples mounted on the rotating blades. Time-averaged values of ...