Side Channel Pump Design:

A Side Channel Pump has rotating vanes combined with a side channel that enhance the transfer of energy into the fluid via secondary vortices.

Advantages:

High head coefficient.

Application:

fluid transfer, e.g. fuel pumps.

PumpLinx: Solve Flows, Pressures, Cavitation, and Loads:

Discriminators:

• Models cavitation
• Accurate tip leakage
• Superior treatment of rotating-stationary interfaces
• Ease-of-use
• Fast turn-around

Design Issues/Benefits:

• Vane Design
• Port design
• Side channel design
• Leakage reduction
• Reduce Cavitation effects on efficiency and pump life
• Reduce Pressure ripple and noise