Modelling Twin Screw Multiphase Pumps A Realistic Approach To Determine The Entire Performance Behaviour

Modelling Twin-Screw Multiphase Pumps - A Realistic
Approach to Determine the Entire Performance Behaviour

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. D. Mewes, Dr.-Ing. G. Aleksieva, Dipl.-Ing. A. Scharf,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Luke
Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
ABSTRACT
N
p
R
R
s
t
T
U
V
v

V
number of rotations, pressure, Pa

radius, m
individual gas constant, J/kgK
height, m
time, s
temperature, K
internal energy, J
volume, m3
velocity, m/s
volume flow, m3/s
work, J
axial coordinate, m
gas volume fraction, efficiency, rotation angle, rad
kinematic viscosity, m2/s
density, kg/m3
Multiphase screw pumps are used for the

delivery of gas-liquid-flows even at high gas
rates. In order to estimate their delivering
behaviour a model is derived, which is based on
mass and energy balances for single closed
chambers formed by the intermeshing and
counter-rotating screws. Thereby the pressure
profiles inside the pumps are predicted, which
determine the mechanical loads to the rotating
and static components as well as the delivered
volume flows. In order to verify the calculated
results, the pressure profiles are measured
along the inside of the cylindrical casing in
dependence of several characteristic operating
modes of multiphase screw pumps.
W
z
D
K
O
Q
U
NOMENCLATURE
Subscripts
General symbols
0
1
2
g
h
i
in
l
loss
n
b
c
d
h
h
M

M
n
width, m
specific heat capacity, J/kgK
diameter, m
specific enthalpy, J/kg
pitch, m
mass, kg
mass flow, kg/s
rotational frequency, 1/s
initial
status 1
status 2
gas
hydraulic
chamber index
inflow
liquid
loss
rotation
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out
p
rec
rot
t
t +'t
theo
vol
outflow
constant pressure
recirculation
rotational
before a time step
after a time step
theoretical
volumetric
1 INTRODUCTION
Multiphase pumping is applied in the oil and
natural gas exploring and conveying industry
especially in offshore applications. By means of
multiphase transport cost-intensive separation
units on offshore platforms can be avoided,
because the gas-liquid-mixtures are conveyed
directly to central separation units located
onshore. The multiphase pumps are installed on
or close to the wellheads. As a consequence the
number of platforms is reduced, which leads to
a saver and more efficient offshore oil
production (1).
Multiphase delivering systems have to handle
volume flows with varying gas void fractions.
Therefore positive displacement pumps are
superior to centrifugal ones. Screw pumps
operating with two intermeshing co-rotating
screws turned out to be an appropriate pump
type for multiphase delivering systems. They
can handle gas-liquid-flows with gas volume
fractions up to 0.95 and withstand even
temporary dry runs. Furthermore, screw pumps
are suitable for the delivery of high-viscous
fluids (2) since they operate without valves.
High rotational frequencies of the intermeshing
screws lead to a compact design compared to
other rotating displacement pumps.
In Figure 1 the design of a screw pump is
presented. The multiphase mixture entering the
pump gets into the chambers formed by the
intermeshing
screws
and
the
enclosing
housing(Figure 2).
Figure 1: Twin screw pump
Figure 2: Position and shape of a chamber in a screw pump
Due to the rotation of the screws, the chambers

are closed at the suction side of the pump and
move along the screw axis towards the outlet.
At the discharge side, the chambers open and
the gas-liquid-mixtures are released through
the outlet.
Since the rotation of the screws is contactless,
several gaps are located between the
intermeshing screws and between the screws
and the housing. Three different types of gaps
occur and are shown schematically in Figure 3.
Modelling Twin-Screw Multiphase Pumps - A Realistic Approach to Determine the Entire

Performance Behaviour
Figure 3: Gap types in a screw pump
The circumferential gap is located between the

tip circle of a screw and the inner wall of the
housing. The radial gap is placed between the
tip circle of one screw and the root circle of the
opposed screw. The flank gap is a lenticular
gap, which is placed between the flanks of
adjacent intermeshing screws.
During the movement of a chamber along the
axis of the intermeshing screws, the chamber
pressure increases. This leads to pressure
differences between adjacent chambers and
thus to internal backflows of the gas-liquidmixture through the different types of gaps.
The gap flows determine the shape of the
resulting pressure profiles along the screw axis.
The pressure profiles are highly affecting the
delivery flows as well as the mechanical loads
to the pumps components. In order to estimate
the delivering behaviour of screw pumps the
calculation of the pressure profiles are done by
mass and energy balances for closed chambers.
In order to verify the calculated pressure
profiles the pressure build-up is measured in a
multiphase screw pump for different operational
conditions. The experimental results are
compared with the calculated ones.
There are several attempts to describe the
delivering behaviour of multiphase screw
pumps by the transport equations for
momentum, mass and energy. Etzold (3)
calculates the change of pressure in closed
chambers inside the pump and the loss flows by
setting up boundary conditions for estimated
steadily rising pressures inside the closed
chambers while moving from the inlet to the

outlet. Furthermore, Etzold (3) reduces the
boundary value problem to an initial value
problem, which he solves iteratively. Krner (4)
and Wincek (5) use similar approaches but
calculate two separate cases with an integer
number of stages, which are below and above
the real number of stages. Weighting these two
cases according to the real number of stages
leads to an approximate solution. Feng,
Yueyuan, Ziwen and Pengcheng (6) present a
model, by which the backflow within the screw
pump depending on the rotational angle is
determined. There is two-phase flow in the
radial and flank gaps and pure liquid flow in the
circumferential gaps. The effect of acceleration
pressure drop on the gap flows is neglected.
Nakashima (7) chooses a different approach by
deviding the multiphase pumping operation into
an arrangement of fundamental processes like
separation, pumping, compression and mixing.
Nakashima (8) applies the process simulator
HYSYS for solution. Naujoks (8) applies a
chamber model to calculate the delivering
behaviour of screw compressors, which
considers the reduction of the chamber volume.
Neumann (9) predicts the delivering behaviour
of screw compressors by means of mass and
energy balances, including the heat transfer
across the chamber boundaries.
2 MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION
The volume flow of the multiphase mixture at
inlet conditions

V

V
theo Vloss Vrec
(1)
is determined by the difference between the

theoretical displacement volume flow V
theo and
the loss flow

V
loss

V l,loss V
g,loss
(2)
. The theoretical
and the recirculation flow V
rec
displacement volume flow is a function of the
shape and the rotational frequency of a twin
screw pump. In order to estimate the
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performance
efficiency
of
pump
the
volumetric
dMg
M

V
theo

V
Kvol
and for the mass change of gas

dt
(3)
is defined as the ratio of the theoretical

displacement volume flow V
and the actual
theo
.
displacement volume flow of the pump V
Within some special designed pumps, separated
liquid is recirculated from the outlet to the inlet
(10). This flow is defined as recirculation flow.
This design helps to enhance the sealing of the
gaps inside the pump for high gas volume
fractions. The loss flows are directed across the
closed chambers inside the pump via different
gaps back to the inlet of the pump. They are of
single phase or of multiphase type and are
caused by two components. One is pressure
driven and the other component is a shear flow
induced one and due to the rotation of the
screws (11).
2.1 Mass and energy balances for closed
chambers
in

M
g
gi
(5)
out
i has the meaning of the chamber index. Eq. 3

and Eq. 4 mean that the amount of each phase
in a closed chamber is only changed by the
incoming and the outgoing mass flows crossing
the gaps. After each full rotation (Nn o Nn + 1)
the index of a closed chamber increases by the
number of 1 (i o i + 1). This leads to initial
conditions
Ml t 0,N 1 Ml t
i 1
Mg
i 1
0, N 1
1
,N
n
1
Mg t
, N
n
(6)
(7)
for the next chamber, which postulate that the

masses of liquid and gas are kept constant
when they are transferred to the next chamber.
Since enthalpy is transferred between adjacent
chambers via the gap streams, a closed
chamber is considered as a transient open
thermodynamic system.
The movement of the chambers along the

rotating screws is described by time intervalls.
For each time intervall mass and energy
balances are set up for the closed chambers,
considered as open systems (Figure 4).
Figure 5: Closed chamber as an transient open

thermodynamic system
The energy balance for a closed chamber is

dUi
dt
Figure 4: Closed chamber as an open mass system
The differential equation for the change of liquid

mass inside a closed chamber gives
dMl
dt
M
in
li
M
out
li
(4)
M h
in
li
li
M h
h
M
g g
i
out
li
li
W
h Q

M
g g
v
i
(8)
The change of the internal energy Ui by time is

determined by the sum of incoming and
is
outgoing enthalpy flows. The heat flow Q
crossing the chamber boundary and Wv is the

requested power for compressing the gas
is caused by the friction
phase. The heat flow Q
in bearings and sealings. It is measured in
dependence on the rotational frequency. The
additional power of compression is caused by
the reduction of the chamber volume while
moving along a screw with declining pitch.
For the calculation of the delivering behaviour
of a screw pump, the temperature and the
pressure of each chamber have to be
determined at any time step. The volumes of
both phases have to be obtained in all
chambers by applying the mass balance (Eq. 4,
Eq. 5).
The temperature in a closed chamber is
obtained by applying the energy balance
(Eq. 7). By means of the transformed definition
of enthalpy
U
M h pv ,
(9)
screw pumps) and published in (12). As input

datas the geometrical and the operational
parameters have to be provided. Output values
are the volume flows, volumetric as well as
thermodynamic efficiencies and the pressure
distribution within the pump.
2.2 Modelling of gap flows

The internal backflows between adjacent
chambers are directed through the different
gaps and affect the shape of the resulting
pressure profile along the screw axis. Thus it is
important to calculate the different gap flows
precisely. In the current applied equations all
gap flows are assumed to be pure liquid
according to a hypothesis mentioned by many
authors (3), (4), (5). The gap flows consist of
two components. One is pressure driven and
the other component is a shear flow induced
one due to the rotation of the screws.
the ideal gas law

p t 't
Mg,t 't R Tt 't

Vg,t 't
(10)
and a correlation for calculating an enthalpy

difference
hT2 , p hT1 , p
c p T2 T1
The circumferential gap as well as by the radial

gap connect two adjacent chambers of one
screw. The circumferential gap is an annular
gap (see Figure 3). Correlating the pressure
driven flow and the pressure loss in a
circumferential gap
(11)
'p
the chamber temperature for the next step
R
Ml,t 'tcp,l
Mg,t 't cp,g
D
t 't
>
Wv
Tt ,in cp,g Mg,in cp,l Ml,in p t Vk Q
't
R
Ml,t 't cp,l
Mg,t 't cp,g
D
t 't
(13)
the
Hagen-Poiseuille-equation
is
applied,
whereas O is the friction factor for pipe flows
and dh is the hydraulic diameter, which is
Tt >cp,g Mg,t Mg,out cp,l Ml,t Ml,out @
Tt 't
l Ul 2
v
dh 2
(12)
can be calculated. Afterwards the chamber

pressure for the next step is calculated from
applying the ideal gas law (Eq. 14). The gap
flows for the next time step result from the
predicted pressure distribution in the pump.
dh
(14)
twice the gap height for flat and annular gaps.

The friction factor O is
O
96
Re
(15)
for a laminar flow in flat and annular gaps,

whereas the Reynolds number is
Re
The algorithms for calculating the delivering

behaviour are taken from an existing numerical
program called SiMuS (simulation of multiphase
2s
v dh
.
Q
(16)
Flow contraction and swirling effects as well as

the acceleration are considered by
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'p
in
1
Ul v2
.
2
(17)
The friction factor Oin depends on the shape of

the gap inlet and on the flow regime. By means
of Eq. 13 and Eq. 17 the pressure driven flow
through a circumferential gap can be obtained
for a known pressure difference across the gap.
adjacent chambers of one screw, but also two

more chambers of the opposed screw as shown
in Figure 6. Considering the mass and energy
transport through the flank gaps the set of
mass and energy balances has to be extended
by the mass and energy exchance between the
two intermeshing screws.
The shear flow in a circumferential gap

sinh s b vrot

V
(18)
is obtained in dependence on the screw pitch h,

the width b and the height s of the gap as well
as on the mean velocity of the Couette flow in
the circumferential gap, which is determined
1
R
R 12
ln 2
(19)
2
2
2 R 1 R 2 R 1
as a function of the inner and the outer radius
of the circumferential gap (R1 and R2) and the
angular speed of the screw Z.
v rot
R 22
R2 R1
The pressure driven flow through a radial gap,

given in Figure 3, is obtained by integrating the
pressure gradient
x2
dp
dx dx
'p
(20)
x1
along the gap in the flow direction, which is

dp
dx
l Ul 2
v
dh 2
(21)
and depends on the friction factor O (Eq. 15),

the hydraulic diameter (Eq. 14), the density of
the fluid Ul and the mean flow velocity.
The volume flow of the shear flow through the
radial gap

V
s0 b vrot
(22)
is determined by the minimum height s0 and

the width of the radial gap as well as by the
mean shear velocity, which is depending on the
rotational frequency and the dimensions of the
screws.
In contrast to the circumferential and radial
gap, a flank gap is not only connecting two
Figure 6: Connection of chambers via flank gap
Four chambers with four different chamber

pressures are connected by a flank gap. In
order to minimize the flow through the flank
gap the flanks of the screw thread are profiled.
This leads to a sealing line inside a flank gap
separating the intermeshing flanks. In order to
illustrate the complex flow field along a flank
gap, the flow through a flank gap was
calculated by means of a CFD-software (CFX
10.0) (13). Based on the obtained results the
flow through a flank gap is considered as flow
through different channels connecting different
chambers with each other as presented in
Figure 7. The locations and dimensions of the
channels are determined by the profiles of the
intermeshing flanks. The mass flow between
two chambers through a flow channel is
obtained by applying Eq. 13 Eq. 16.

Figure 7: Location of flow channels in a flank gap
3 EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
3.1 Pressure Profiles Measurement
Figure 8: Test facility for pressure profiles measurements
In order to verify the calculated pressure

profiles, the pressure build-up along the screw
axis is measured by means of a test rig, which
is pictured in Figure 8. The corresponding flow
chart is shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9: Flow chart of the test facility
The gas and the liquid are fed into the Y-mixing
unit, downstream of which the gas-liquidmixture enters the pump. After leaving the
pump, the pressurised mixture enters into a
small vessel, in which liquid accumulates at the
bottom for external recirculation. Downstream
the phases are separated in a separation unit
by means of a structured packing and further
internals, which extend the hold-up time of the
liquid phase in the vessel. The temperature of
the liquid phase is determined by a tube heat
exchanger. Valves in the gas and liquid stream
determine the pressure build-up in the pump.
The rotational frequency of the motor and thus
of the screws is determined by a frequency
converter. The measured temperatures, flow
rates and pressures are processed by means of
the software Catman Professional 5.0.
The pump under investigation is a SL 125 Twin
Screw Pump, produced by Bornemann Pumps
ltd. (Figure 10).
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multiphase pumps are located. The different
modes of operation (single, parallel and serial)
are set by valves in the pipeline network. The
flow regimes are investigated using conductive
tomography and gamma densitometry.
Figure 10: Used screw pump with installed pressure

transmitters
The red labelled instruments are seven pressure

transducers. In dependence on the rotation
angle of the screws the pressure profiles are
obtained by combining and synchronising the
signals of all seven pressure transducers.
3.2 Delivery Characteristics Measurement
For
the measurement of the delivery
characteristics a second test facility is built
(14), where two screw pumps are to be tested
in single, parallel or serial operation (Figure
11). By means of this test facility the delivering
behaviour of screw pumps is investigated for
water-air, oil-air and oil-water-air mixtures and
for different screw types (15-21).
The total volume flow of the phases is

determined by the rotational frequency of the
screws of the multiphase pumps, since they are
volumetric pumps. With pneumatic controlled
valves inlet pressure and phase fractions are
set. For the volume flow measurement of air
oscillation flow meters, for oil coriolis flow
meters and for water magnetic-inductive flow
meters are used.
Leaving the pumps the mixture is separated
inside a vessel into the three phases. First the
gas is separated and a rough separation of the
liquid phases takes place. The remaining
streams are separated in the residual
separators and supplied to the main stream of
the appropriate phase. The pressure at the
outlet of the pumps is controlled by the
pressure in the separation vessel and a throttle.
In the heat exchangers the liquid phases are
tempered, in order to set the viscosity. The two
liquid phases are supplied to the storage
vessels.
4 RESULTS
4.1 Pressure Profiles
In context of the experimental investigation the
influence of the
o rotational frequency of the screws
Figure 11: Flow chart of the 2 pumps test facility
The phase streams of oil and water are

provided by pressure vessels. Air is taken from
the compressed air network. The phases are fed
into the mixer. From there they are directed
into the measuring section where the
o pressure difference over the pump

o gas volume fraction of the mixture
o the design of the screws
(digressive/constant pitch)

on the pressure profiles along the screw axis
are observed. Thereby the gas volume fraction
turns out to influence on the pressure profile. In
Figure 12 measured pressure profiles along the
screw axis are presented as a function of the
gas volume fraction.
volumetric efficiency Kvol
10
bar
pressure p
8
6
'p = 8 bar
1.0
-
-1
n = 1500 min
D = 0.00
D = 0.39
D = 0.74
D = 0.93
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
'p = 8 bar
0.0
0.00
-1
n = 1200 min
-1
n = 1500 min
-1
n = 1800 min
0.25
23
46
axial coordinate z
1.00
69 mm 92
Figure 12: Measured pressure profiles as a function of the

gas volume fraction
For increasing gas volume fractions the

pressure profiles becomes more progressive
(0.00 d D d 0.74), which leads to less loss flow
due to the lower pressure build-up close to the
suction side (0 mm d z d 23 mm). For certain
gas volume fractions of the mixture (D > 0.74)
the pressure profiles become linear. The
corresponding
volumetric
efficiencies
are
presented in Figure 13 as functions of the gas
volume fractions and the rotational frequencies
of the screws. Since the screw pump does
operate without recirculation the amount of
liquid conveyed in the chambers does not seal
the gaps properly with liquid. This leads to
higher gaseous gap flows and thus to a higher
loss flow for very high gas volume fractions.
Figure 13: Measured volumetric efficiency as a function of

the gas volume fraction
In Figure 14 and Figure 15 measured and

calculated pressure profiles are shown for a
medium gas volume fraction (Figure 14: D =
0.39) and for a high gas volume fraction
(Figure 15: D = 0.93).
10
bar
8
pressure p
0
-23
0.50
0.75
gas volume fraction D
'p = 8 bar
D = 0.39
-1
n = 1500 min
6
4
with
flank gap
2
0
-23
without
flank gap
0
23
46
axial coordinate z
69
mm 92
Figure 14: Measured and calculated pressure profiles,

D = 0.39
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Since the calculations are conducted for screws

with the constant pitch of 23 mm the vertical
lines are separating the adjacent chambers
from each other. After 3.28 rotations (3.28
chambers) a chamber is opened to the
discharge side and the pressure increases
rapidly to the discharge pressure. The
calculations are conducted with and without
considering the flow through the flank gaps.
The differences between measured and
calculated pressure profiles are smaller, if the
flow through the flank gaps is taken into
account. The consideration of the flank gaps
leads to an interaction between the pressure
profiles of both screws. This is why besides the
opening of the last chamber the opening of the
opposed screws last chamber also leads to
pressure increases in all chambers at a certain
rotation angle. Without considering the flank
gaps the received pressure profiles are too
progressive, which leads to an underestimation
of the pumps loss flow and thus to an
overestimation of the pump performance. Since
the pressure profiles become more linear by
considering the flank gaps the difference of the
calculated results with and without the flank
gaps becomes bigger for increasing gas volume
fractions (Figure 15).
4.2 Delivery Characteristics

By means of the two-pump test facility the
volumetric efficiencies are obtained for different
screw types as a function of the gas volume
fraction and compared to the calculated results
(Figure 16).
The volumetric efficiency is measured and
calculated for a screw with a constant pitch
(h* = 1.00) and it is calculated for two screws
with different declining pitches (h* = 0.85;
0.75). Since the reduction of chamber volume
due to screws with declining pitches leads to a
steeper rise in pressure close to the suction side
the loss flow from the chambers back to the
suction side is increased. This result in a lower
volumetric efficiency for the usage of screws
with declining pitch compared to screws with a
constant pitch. The difference of volumetric
efficiency between screws with declining and
non-declining pitch becomes less important at
high gas volume fractions D.
10
bar
pressure p
'p = 8 bar
D = 0.93
-1
n = 1500 min
6
4
with
flank gap
without
flank gap
2
0
-23
Figure 16: Volumetric efficiency (measured and calculated)

depending on the gas volume fraction D for
screws with declining and non-declining pitch
23
46
axial coordinate z
69
mm 92
Figure 15: Measured and calculated pressure profiles,

D = 0.93

5 CONCLUSIONS
The calculation model allows obtaining the
pressure build-up and the delivery flow of a
multiphase screw pump in dependence on the
screw design and the operating conditions. By
means a new designed experimental setup the
pressure
build-up
and
the
delivery
characteristics are measured and compared
with calculated results. The comparison is done
with and without consideration of the flow
through the flank gaps. The measured pressure
profiles indicate that the flow through the flank
gaps affects the delivering behaviour of a screw
pump significantly. By considering the flow
through flank gaps, the obtained pressure
profiles
match
the
experimental
data.
Furthermore the experimental investigation
shows the necessity for a recirculation system.
Without any recirculation flow, the different
gaps are not sufficiently sealed with liquid if
certain gas volume fractions are exceeded. This
leads to an increasing loss flow. Consequently
the volumetric efficiency of a screw pump
without a recirculation system decreases for
very high gas volume fractions.
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University of Hannover, Hannover 2006
and application range of multiphase pumps with screws

13. Scharf, A., Rausch, T., Aleksieva, G., Reichwage, M.,
with
declining
pitch,
BHR
5th
North
American
Mewes, D.: Effect of gap flows inside a multiphase screw
Conference on Multiphase Technology, June 1-2, 2006,
pump on the conveying characteristic; ICMF, Leipzig
Banff, Canada
2007
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Thesis, University of Hannover, Hannover 2005
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mit variabler Spindelsteigung; PhD Thesis, University of
Hannover, Hannover 2008
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Reichwage, M., Mewes, D.: Multiphase Pumping With
Twin Screw Pumps for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry;
7th
International
Engineering
and
Exhibition-Congress
Biotechnology,
on
Chemical
ACHEMASIA
2007,
Beijing, People's Republic of China, 14 - 18 May 2007

17. Aleksieva, G., Scharf, A., Rohlfing, G., Reichwage, M.,
Mewes, D.: Delivery Characteristics of Newly Designed
Twin Screw Pumps for Offshore Applications; 26th
International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and
Arctic Engineering, June 10-15, 2007, San Diego,
California, USA
18. Scharf, A., Rausch, T., Aleksieva, G., Reichwaage, M.,
Mewes, D.: Influence of gap flows inside multiphase
screw pumps on the conveying characteristics; Int.
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July 9-13, 2007
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Mewes, D.: Multiphase Transport with Conventional and
Newly
Designed
Network,
5th
Twin
Joint
Screw
Pumps in a Pipeline
ASME/JSME
Fluids
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California, USA

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number of rotations, pressure, Pa

Multiphase screw pumps are used for the

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. D. Mewes, Dr.-Ing. G. Aleksieva, Dipl.-Ing. A. Scharf,

Figure 1: Twin screw pump

Figure 2: Position and shape of a chamber in a screw pump

Due to the rotation of the screws, the chambers