The formation and extension of the gas pocket in the impeller can lead to the rapid deterioration or even failure of the centrifugal pump's two-phase pressurization. It is difficult to directly measure the characteristic parameters of the gas pocket in the high-speed rotating impeller, such as the void fraction, by experimental methods. In this paper, the two-phase performance of the centrifugal pump is studied by numerical simulation and validated by the experiment. The positive pressure gradient at the end of the blade pressure surface is the main reason why the centrifugal pump can boost at high inlet gas volume fraction (IGVF). As the IGVF increases, both the length and thickness of the gas pocket gradually increase. The head coefficient of the pump has an approximately quadratic relationship with the void fraction in the impeller. The mechanism model of the gas pocket flow is established by the force analysis of the gas pocket and its downstream single bubble in the impeller channel. The model can effectively predict the extension position of the gas pocket and the void fraction in the centrifugal impeller and is validated by numerical simulation.
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