Working process study of a novel scroll type multiphase pump for the transportation of gas-liquid mixtures

A novel scroll type multiphase pump was proposed to transport gas-liquid two-phase mixture. There is a pressure unloading gap from compression chambers to the discharge port by constructing scroll wrap profile with variational meshing clearance in this scroll multiphase pump. In the working process when the volume of working chamber decreases, the pressure of gas-liquid mixtures increases gradually, at the same time small amounts of gas-liquid mixture are pushed to the discharge port from compression chambers through the pressure unloading gap. Therefore, this multiphase pump has an advantage of unloading pressure method automatically, and the frequently problem of liquid impacting in volume multiphase pump is solved. The safety and reliability of volumetric multiphase pump are improved, and the scope of multiphase pump of the gas-liquid ratio is expanded. The working process and the performance characteristics of scroll multiphase pump were analyzed too, and the generation method of scroll wrap profile with variational meshing clearance was investigated. The equations of the profile were obtained, and the changing principle of the working volume and the meshing clearance were analyzed. The geometric theory of scroll multiphase pump was formed. All of that lay the theoretical foundation for engineering design of this novel scroll.