The program of the International Rotating Equipment Conference 2019 from 24 to 25 September 2019 is available just from now on. This Conference will take place in Wiesbaden, Germany, Conference Center.
You will find here all papers held at the 12th International Pump User Forum – part of the International Rotating Equipment Conference 2019:
24 September 2019
Plenary Session
09:00 – 10:30: Welcome and Opening, Welcome Address, Plenary Lectures
Session 1 Centrifugal pumps – Energy optimisation
11:00 – 11:30 New control mode to decrease energy consumption of circulator pumps
11:30 – 12:00 Inlet guide vanes control for storage pump
Session 2 Legal frame conditions
11:00 – 11:30 Differences and similarities of ATEX and IECEx – Analysis of the legal framework and market access
11:30 – 12:00 Increasing the energy savings of motor applications: The Extended Product Approach
Session 3 Future drive technology
11:00 – 11:30 Evolution mikro – Smallest amount dosing in the highpressure range thanks to innovative drive technology
11:30 – 12:00 New generation of power drive systems for pump applications
Session 4 Centrifugal pumps – Performance characteristics
14:30 – 15:00 Analysis of the pressure-side recirculation influence on the head production of a radial pump at strong part load
15:00 – 15:30 Numerical analysis of the flow patterns causing the performance curve instability of a high specific speed centrifugal pump
15:30 – 16:00 Modelling of wall roughness in flow simulations
Session 5 Digital transformation
14:30 – 15:00 Business cases for connected pumps and compressors
15:00 – 15:30 Digitization of pumps – Industrie 4.0 submodels for liquid and vacuum pumps
15:30 – 16:00 Embedded operation point detection system for sidechannel pumps on basis of neural networks
Session 6 Positive displacement pumps
14:30 – 15:00 New process-safe diaphragm positioning system in oscillating displacement pumps with integrated thermal protection device
15:00 – 15:30 ERP positive displacement pumps – Experimental validation of a typeindependent efficiency model
15:30 – 16:00 CFD analysis of cone valves for oscillating positive displacement pump
Session 7 Centrifugal pumps – Simulation methodology
16:30 – 17:00 Rotordynamic simulation of centrifugal pumps considering nonlinear journal bearings including misalignment, local contact and accumulated wear
17:00 – 17:30 Balance between efficiency and cavitation – An approach for pump impeller design and optimization using inverse design and 3D CFD
17:30 – 18:00 A rule-based method for finite element calculation of boiler feed pump casings by parametrized models
Session 8 New challenges for pumps and systems
16:30 – 17:00 Improving the efficiency of a pump fleet by designing pumps specially for individual fixed speed drives
17:00 – 17:30 Systemic optimization of booster stations – From data collection to validation
17:30 – 18:00 Reduction of complexity by smart integration and separation of functions
Session 9 Rotating displacement pumps
16:30 – 17:00 Pumping of challenging products with hermetically tight magnet driven screw pumps
17:00 – 17:30 Towards model-based condition monitoring for progressing cavity pumps
17:30 – 18:00 Fluid flow optimization in rotating positive displacement pumps with focus on perfect cleanability based on scientific proven CFD flow simulation and real tests
25 September 2019
Session 10 Centrifugal pumps – Multiphysics
08:30 – 09:00 Numerical investigation of the flow-induced noise in a centrifugal pump
09:00 – 09:30 Numerical characterisation of the dynamics of thin flexible structures in a sewage pump
09:30 – 10:00 Experimental investigation and 3D-CFD simulation of centrifugal pumps for gasladen liquids with closed and semi-open impellers
Session 11 Submersible pumps
08:30 – 09:00 How can the effect of iron ochre on submersible motor pumps be reduced?
09:00 – 09:30 Optimization of output of a solar powered deepwell pumpsets using information technology tools
09:30 – 10:00 Line start permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor in combination with a modular submersible pump
Session 12 Centrifugal pumps – Product lubricated bearing
08:30 – 09:00 Measuring and simulation of fluid forces in annular gaps – Generic experiments covering the relevant parameter range for turbulent and laminar flow in pumps
09:00 – 09:30 CAPM vs. bulk flow – reliable and efficient prediction of forces and leakage for annular gaps in pumps
09:30 – 10:00 Extension of a Reynolds equation based solver to consider the lomakin effect in axially-flown journal bearings of pumps
Session 13 Availability (Cavitation)
10:30 – 11:00 The relation between suction performance and reliability – a critical review of suction specific speed limitations
11:00 – 11:30 Performances evolution in 4 quadrant operation under cavitation
Session 14 Sewage pumps
10:30 – 11:00 Functional performance assessment of wastewater pumps – validation with pumps from the field
11:00 – 11:30 Experimental and numerical analysis of transient flow characteristics in single-blade and two-blade pumps
Session 15 Condition monitoring I
10:30 – 11:00 Enhance autonomous maintenance by utilizing local condition monitoring tool
11:00 – 11:30 A holistic approach for pump system analytics
Session 16 Cavitation
14:00 – 14:30 Influence of surface texture on cavitation inception
14:30 – 15:00 Transient flow mechanisms of cavitation in side channel pumps
Session 17 Reliability I
14:00 – 14:30 Pump failures, often more than just one problem – A system approach
14:30 – 15:00 Non-intrusive measurement of pressure pulsations using a re-usable wire strain sensor
Session 18 Condition monitoring II
14:00 – 14:30 A self-learning binary controller for energy efficient pump operation
14:30 – 15:00 Concept validation of a soft sensor network for wear detection in positive displacement pumps
Session 19 Materials and manufacturing
15:30 – 16:00 Development of high performance economical fe-based corrosion and erosion protective coating for pump parts
16:00 – 16:30 Progress with hybrid – An additive manufacturing technology for closed impellers
Session 20 Reliability II
15:30 – 16:00 Investigating the chronic high temperature reading on the lube oil system of water injection pumps
16:00 – 16:30 Replacement of a mechanical sealed pump with a vertical erected canned motor pump in the course of capacity expansion of a steamcracker
Session 21 Data management
15:30 – 16:00 Development of a digitalized wastewater pumping station test bed
16:00 – 16:30 From notebooks to datapipelines – The Darmstadt approach to handling measurement data and metadata
Final Plenary Session
16:30 – 16:45 Closing remarks
Registration for the International Rotating Equipment Conference 2019 from 24 to 25 September 2019 has begun. “Experts and interested parties can register easily and conveniently online for this international top-level network,” says Christoph Singrün, Managing Director of VDMA Pumps + Systems and Compressors, Compressed Air and Vacuum Technology. “Benefit from an early registration and use the early booking discount. We grant this until and including 31 May 2019.”
