CFD Analysis of Flow through a Gerotor Oil Pump

2010-01-1111

04/12/2010

Event
SAE 2010 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
Increasing the efficiency of engine auxiliary systems have become a challenge. Oil pump, identified for this study, is one such engine system which is used for lubrication of engine parts. To achieve higher efficiencies, there is a need for math-based analysis and design. This can be achieved by means of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The main aim of this paper is to simulate the flow through Gerotor Oil pump using Computational Fluid Dynamics. A 3D model of the entire flow domain is created and meshed in preprocessor GAMBIT. The mesh for various pressure outlet conditions is exported to FLUENT solver for analysis. The predicted results are validated with the experimental results. The comparison shows that the CFD predictions are in good agreement with experimental results. In particular, such a simulation offers a scope for visualizing the flow through the Gerotor oil pump.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-01-1111
Pages
13
Citation
Natchimuthu, K., Sureshkumar, J., and Ganesan, V., "CFD Analysis of Flow through a Gerotor Oil Pump," SAE Technical Paper 2010-01-1111, 2010, https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-01-1111.
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Published
Apr 12, 2010
Product Code
2010-01-1111
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English