Development of a Pulsed Pressure-Based Technique for Cavitation Damage Study

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012

OSTI ID:1081912

Ren, Fei ^[1]; Wang, Jy-An John ^[1]; Liu, Yun ^[1]; Wang, Hong ^[1]

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1. ORNL

Cavitation occurs in many fluid systems and can lead to severe material damage. To assist the study of cavitation damage, a novel testing method utilizing pulsed pressure was developed. In this talk, the scientific background and the technical approach of this development are present and preliminary testing results are discussed. It is expected that this technique can be used to evaluate cavitation damage under various testing conditions including harsh environments such as those relevant to geothermal power generation.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Temperature Materials Lab. (HTML)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1081912
• Resource Relation: Conference: 8th International Symposia on Cavitation, Singapore, Singapore, 20120814, 20120814
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English