EP0599204A1 - Unité de pompe submersible - Google Patents
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- EP0599204A1 EP0599204A1 EP93118605A EP93118605A EP0599204A1 EP 0599204 A1 EP0599204 A1 EP 0599204A1 EP 93118605 A EP93118605 A EP 93118605A EP 93118605 A EP93118605 A EP 93118605A EP 0599204 A1 EP0599204 A1 EP 0599204A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D7/00—Pumps adapted for handling specific fluids, e.g. by selection of specific materials for pumps or pump parts
- F04D7/02—Pumps adapted for handling specific fluids, e.g. by selection of specific materials for pumps or pump parts of centrifugal type
- F04D7/04—Pumps adapted for handling specific fluids, e.g. by selection of specific materials for pumps or pump parts of centrifugal type the fluids being viscous or non-homogenous
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D13/00—Pumping installations or systems
- F04D13/02—Units comprising pumps and their driving means
- F04D13/06—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven
- F04D13/08—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven for submerged use
- F04D13/086—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being electrically driven for submerged use the pump and drive motor are both submerged
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D29/00—Details, component parts, or accessories
- F04D29/40—Casings; Connections of working fluid
- F04D29/42—Casings; Connections of working fluid for radial or helico-centrifugal pumps
- F04D29/44—Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers
- F04D29/445—Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers especially adapted for liquid pumps
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
- F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F05D2260/00—Function
- F05D2260/60—Fluid transfer
- F05D2260/604—Vortex non-clogging type pumps
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- the invention relates to a submersible pump unit with a free passage for balls up to diameter d, consisting essentially of an electric motor and a centrifugal pump driven by it, which are arranged axially, with an inlet opening and an outlet opening designed as a pressure port.
- Such units are used for example in the field of wastewater technology. They are used not only to convey pure or contaminated liquids, but also to transport solids carried in the liquid. Such units are therefore designed so that solid parts can be conveyed up to the size of a ball that fits through the inlet opening. They are therefore often e.g. used in the construction or food industry.
- the impeller In order to allow the passage of large solid parts, it is known to design the impeller as a single-bladed, ducted or free-flow impeller.
- the inlet opening is usually located on the underside of the pump directly below the impeller.
- the outlet opening in the form of the pressure port is usually arranged radially to the impeller.
- Such a pump is known for example from US Pat. No. 4,454,993 or US Pat. No. 4,697,746.
- these pumps are a shredder assigned in the conveying direction in front of the impeller, which is to shred the solid parts before entering the area of the pump impeller.
- Submersible pump units with a concentric housing are also known, from which the fluid is radially discharged and then directed in a bend in the direction parallel to the axis.
- the object of the invention is to create a submersible pump unit which has a better efficiency, in particular with a large free delivery cross section, and which can be made slimmer in comparison to the known submersible pump units.
- the approximately concentric pump housing with an inner diameter D is formed as a molded part, the housing wall of which has a bulge which forms a stagnation zone for the pressure-side flow, in which the fluid is deflected in a substantially axially parallel direction and is led through a channel to the pressure port.
- the flow is deflected in an approximately axially parallel direction, that is to say generally in the vertical direction, as a result of which the aggregate diameter can be considerably reduced because the cross section of the channel may also cover part of the area between the impeller and the concentric housing.
- the transition from the storage zone to the concentric housing should be rounded, with a transition radius r ü .
- the unit can be built in a slimmer form, which increases the area of application and reduces the material expenditure.
- the size of the unit, especially the motor, can be reduced if adequate cooling can always be guaranteed. This is particularly effective when the liquid is used as a cooling liquid.
- a simple solution is to provide openings at the beginning and end of the duct that lies within the unit housing and runs between the accumulation zone and the pressure port. Through the openings at different pressure levels, a partial flow for motor cooling is passed through the annular space between the unit housing and the encapsulated stator.
- the unit is advantageously equipped with a single-bladed, ducted or free-flow impeller, the wall surrounding the impeller then expediently being part of a shell-shaped housing part which belongs to the unit housing and forms, for example, the lower housing part.
- a shell-shaped housing part can be formed inexpensively from cold-formed steel sheet, which also has the advantage that the roughness of the surface is very low, which in turn benefits the improvement in efficiency.
- the bulge forming the storage zone in the housing wall is advantageously designed such that the cross section of this bulge follows an arc in the storage area, the diameter of this circle corresponding to that of the inlet opening and that of the channel and the pressure port. This largely ensures that everything that can enter the unit through the inlet opening is also conveyed out again, in particular does not become lodged within the unit.
- the bulge which forms the storage zone is advantageously arranged in the housing wall in such a way that, viewed in the direction of flow, it connects approximately tangentially to the concentric part of the housing wall.
- the transition radius from the storage zone to the concentric part of the housing has also proven to be influential. This transition radius r ü should be between the limits d / 8 ⁇ r ü ⁇ d / 4 move.
- FIG. 1 shows a submersible pump unit which has an encapsulated motor 1 which is seated within the essentially cylindrical unit housing 2.
- the electrical supply line 3 of the motor 1 is led out of the motor housing 4 and the unit housing 2 upwards.
- the motor housing 4 sits slightly eccentrically within the unit housing 2, an annular space 5 being formed in this area between the outer circumference of the motor housing 4 and the inside of the unit housing 2. This annular space is closed at the top by the end wall 6 of the unit housing and at the bottom by an annular end wall 7, which forms part of the actual pump housing.
- the shaft 8 of the motor 1 is led out of the motor housing 4 downwards and sealed against it in this area.
- the lower free shaft end protrudes into the pump chamber 9 and carries there an impeller 10 in the form of a free-flow impeller.
- the impeller is closed at the top by a disk-shaped impeller part 11, which is arranged perpendicular to the shaft 8 and carries impeller blades 12.
- the pump chamber 9 is delimited at the top by the lower end of the motor housing 4 and the end wall 7.
- the lateral and lower boundary is formed by a molded part 13, which is approximately bowl-shaped, consists of cold-formed sheet metal and is firmly connected to the other unit housing 2, in particular the foot 14.
- the foot 14 is flush with the cylindrical outer contour of the other unit housing 2 and (not shown) has sufficiently large recesses for the free passage of the medium.
- the molded part 13 has a circular recess 15 in the area under the impeller 10, that is, in the extension of the shaft 8, which forms the inlet opening of the pump.
- the outlet opening of the unit is formed by a pressure port 16 arranged on the upper end face, which is connected to the pump chamber 9 via a pipe 17 arranged in the annular space 5 of the unit housing 2, approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the unit and the shaft 8.
- the tube 17 opens into the end wall 7, specifically in the area above a bulge 18 forming a storage zone in the molded part 13.
- the tube 17 connects to the pump chamber 9 approximately at the level of the disk-shaped impeller part 11.
- the tube 17 Shortly above its connection to the pump chamber 9, but above the end wall 7, that is to say in the area of the annular chamber 5, the tube 17 has recesses 19 in the form of circular openings. Corresponding recesses 20 are close the upper end, that is, close to the pressure connection 16 in the pipe 17. These recesses 19 and 20 are at different pressure levels during operation of the pump, so that in addition to the main flow flowing through the pipe 17, a secondary flow flowing out of the pipe 17 via the recesses 19 and re-entering via the recesses 20 adjusts the annular space 5 flows through and thus cools the engine 1. This cooling flow can be adjusted by appropriate dimensioning of the recesses 19 and 20 and other suitable fluidic measures within the annulus 5 according to the cooling requirements.
- the molded part 13 is shown in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.
- the area of the actual pump chamber it has an approximately concentric housing wall 21, which merges tangentially into the corresponding wall part of the bulge 18 in the area 22.
- the area 22 is in plan view (FIG. 2) both tangential to the concentric housing wall part 21 and to that of the bulge 18 which is eccentrically aligned with the pipe 17.
- the housing wall 21 merges upwards with a small radius into a horizontal part 23 with which it is connected to the rest of the unit housing 2. This horizontal part 23 is followed, as can be seen in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, by a collar-shaped part 24.
- the housing wall 21 merges with a large radius into a likewise horizontal, but inwardly running wall part 25, which limits the pump chamber 9 in this area at the bottom.
- the horizontal wall part 25 runs downward like a shell toward the recess 15, this shell-shaped part is designated by 26.
- the radius r with which the housing wall 21 merges into the wall part 25 corresponds to the radius r of the bulge 18, which in this area has a spherical surface follows.
- the radius r is half the diameter d of the inlet opening 15, the tube 17.
- This diameter d also corresponds approximately to the distance between the impeller and the underlying housing parts of the molded part 13. In this way, a free passage of the order of one Ball with the aforementioned diameter d guaranteed by the entire pump unit.
- a projection 28 is formed in the opposite direction, where the tangents of the housing wall parts 21 of the concentric part and the bulge 18 intersect.
- the geometric relationships of the molded part 13 have already been explained in the introduction, they are shown in detail in FIG. 2.
- the ball diameter of the largest ball is indicated with d, which can be conveyed through the unit with the flow.
- D denotes the diameter of the concentric part of the pump housing, that is to say in the concentric region of the housing wall 21.
- the bulge 18, which follows a spherical surface with the radius r, is arranged such that the center M of this sphere lies on an arc of a diameter B arranged concentrically with the pump impeller 10.
- transition radius r ü already mentioned at the beginning is one sixth of the ball diameter in the embodiment shown, but it can be between an eighth and a quarter of the ball diameter d d / 4 ⁇ r ü ⁇ d / 8.
- the ball diameter d not only determines the design of the molded part 13, but in the same way the diameter of the recess 15, that of the tube 17 and that of the adjoining pressure connector 16.
- the unit When the pump is operating, the unit is partially or completely immersed in the liquid to be pumped.
- the pumped medium enters the pump chamber 9 through the inlet opening 15 and is set in motion by the impeller 10, namely in the radial and tangential directions. It is then guided through the housing wall 21 and directed over the area 22 to the bulge 18.
- a storage zone now forms here, the conveying liquid is deflected upwards, where it enters the pipe 17 and finally exits at the pressure connection 16.
- the partial flow for cooling that is formed has already been described above.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE4239071A DE4239071C2 (de) | 1992-11-20 | 1992-11-20 | Tauchpumpenaggregat |
DE4239071 | 1992-11-20 |
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EP0599204A1 true EP0599204A1 (fr) | 1994-06-01 |
EP0599204B1 EP0599204B1 (fr) | 1997-01-22 |
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EP93118605A Expired - Lifetime EP0599204B1 (fr) | 1992-11-20 | 1993-11-18 | Unité de pompe submersible |
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DE (2) | DE4239071C2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES2098634T3 (fr) |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1260714A1 (fr) | 2001-05-25 | 2002-11-27 | Grundfos A/S | Moteur d'entraínement d'une pompe immersible |
WO2004065796A1 (fr) * | 2003-01-17 | 2004-08-05 | Ksb Aktiengesellschaft | Pompe non colmatable |
DE202020104824U1 (de) | 2020-08-20 | 2021-11-26 | K.H. Brinkmann GmbH & Co Kommanditgesellschaft | Mediumgekühlte Flüssigkeitspumpe |
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DE4423149C2 (de) * | 1994-07-04 | 1998-01-29 | Orpu Gmbh | Mehrstufige Freistrompumpe |
DE29711534U1 (de) * | 1997-03-06 | 1998-08-27 | Elektra Beckum Ag | Tauchpumpe |
Citations (5)
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US3029744A (en) * | 1957-03-08 | 1962-04-17 | Mc Graw Edison Co | Impeller housing |
US3135212A (en) * | 1962-03-29 | 1964-06-02 | Symington Wayne Corp | Submersible pump |
FR2169496A5 (fr) * | 1972-01-28 | 1973-09-07 | Sodery | |
US4076450A (en) * | 1976-01-14 | 1978-02-28 | United Centrifugal Pumps | Double volute pump with replaceable lips |
EP0420218A1 (fr) * | 1989-09-26 | 1991-04-03 | Ebara Corporation | Pompe submersible |
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US4076179A (en) * | 1976-04-22 | 1978-02-28 | Kabushiki Kaisha Sogo Pump Seisakusho | Centrifugal sewage pump |
US4134711A (en) * | 1976-11-26 | 1979-01-16 | Engineers Sales-Service Co., Inc. | Submersible pump apparatus |
CH627236A5 (fr) * | 1978-02-14 | 1981-12-31 | Martin Staehle | |
JPS5838396A (ja) * | 1981-08-29 | 1983-03-05 | Ebara Corp | グラインダ−ポンプ |
JPS6140795U (ja) * | 1984-08-17 | 1986-03-14 | ソニー株式会社 | 電子機器の蓋体 |
DE3929758C2 (de) * | 1989-09-07 | 1994-11-17 | Klein Schanzlin & Becker Ag | Kreiselpumpengehäuse in Blechbauweise |
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- 1992-11-20 DE DE4239071A patent/DE4239071C2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1993-11-18 DE DE59305242T patent/DE59305242D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-11-18 EP EP93118605A patent/EP0599204B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-11-18 ES ES93118605T patent/ES2098634T3/es not_active Expired - Lifetime
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3029744A (en) * | 1957-03-08 | 1962-04-17 | Mc Graw Edison Co | Impeller housing |
US3135212A (en) * | 1962-03-29 | 1964-06-02 | Symington Wayne Corp | Submersible pump |
FR2169496A5 (fr) * | 1972-01-28 | 1973-09-07 | Sodery | |
US4076450A (en) * | 1976-01-14 | 1978-02-28 | United Centrifugal Pumps | Double volute pump with replaceable lips |
EP0420218A1 (fr) * | 1989-09-26 | 1991-04-03 | Ebara Corporation | Pompe submersible |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1260714A1 (fr) | 2001-05-25 | 2002-11-27 | Grundfos A/S | Moteur d'entraínement d'une pompe immersible |
WO2004065796A1 (fr) * | 2003-01-17 | 2004-08-05 | Ksb Aktiengesellschaft | Pompe non colmatable |
DE202020104824U1 (de) | 2020-08-20 | 2021-11-26 | K.H. Brinkmann GmbH & Co Kommanditgesellschaft | Mediumgekühlte Flüssigkeitspumpe |
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EP0599204B1 (fr) | 1997-01-22 |
DE4239071C2 (de) | 1997-01-30 |
DE59305242D1 (de) | 1997-03-06 |
ES2098634T3 (es) | 1997-05-01 |
DE4239071A1 (de) | 1994-05-26 |
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