Pumps, centrifugal efficiency

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As shown in Fig. 9.6, a large, high-efficiency, centrifugal pump may have an efficiency greater than 0.90. However, such high-efficiency pumps are expensive and are justified only for very high-capacity applications (e.g., the... 

Disk Pumps. When pumping shear-sensitive or highly viscous fluids, it is desirable to reduce internal turbulence caused by the vanes. The disk pump design rehes on the centrifugal frictional effect of a vaneless disk. Whereas the efficiency of this pump is lower than that of similar centrifugal pumps having vanes, it is often the only solution to certain pumping appHcations. 

Tests conducted to operate centrifugal pumps as hydrauhc turbines throughout the head-capacity-speed range show that a good centrifugal pump generally makes an efficient hydraulic turbine. From theoretical considerations it is possible to state that at the same speed... 

Actually, everything we said about bearings, mechanical seals, piping, TDH, system curves and mating the pump curve to the system curve, the affinity laws, cavitation, horsepower and efficiency arc as applicable to PD pumps as centrifugal pumps. 

In the true gravity case, pumps are not used. If, however, the liquid is highly viscous, to achieve efficient operation, pumps are required to force the fluid through the pressure filters. The pump can be considered essentially as a press with a plate-and-frame filter. The plate-and-frame filter consists of a series ot frames over which the filter medium is stretched. A centrifugal basket of fine mesh is another method of particulate removal. 

Figure 3-57. Viscosity performance correction chart for small centrifugal pumps with capacity at best efficiency point of less than 100 GPM (water performance). Note Do not extrapolate. For small centrifugal pumps only, not for axial or mixed flow. NPSH must be adequate. For Newtonian fluids only. For multistage pumps, use head per stage. (By permission. Hydraulic Institute Standards for Centrifugal, Rotary, and Reciprocating Pumps, 13th ed.. Hydraulic Institute, 1975.)...

Figure 3-60. Temperature rise in centrifugal pumps in terms of total head and pump efficiency. (By permission, Karassik, I. and Carter, R., Centrifugai Pumps, McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., 1960, p. 438.)...

Figure 3-67 gives the approximate relative impeller shapes and efficiency variations for various specific speeds of centrifugal pumps. 

Taking a typical centrifugal pump (Figure 32.2) the Euler equation can be written, at best efficiency flow, in... 

Figure 32.27 shows how a centrifugal pump is affected, particularly at low flow rates, and the behavior is typical of conventional centrifugal pumps. Figures 32.28 and 32.29 present well-known information on the effects of dissolved and entrained gas on the volumetric efficiency of a positive displacement pump. 

Unlike centrifugal pumps and compressors, few criteria can be used directly to determine mixer effectiveness and efficiency. However, product quality and brake horsepower are indices that can be used to indirectly gauge performance. 

A set of curves for h, rj, and P as a function of Q are shown in Figure 8.25 from which it is seen that when die pump is operating near optimum conditions, its efficiency remains reasonably constant over a wide range of flowrates. A more general indication of the variation of efficiency with specific speed is shown in Figure 8.26 for different types of centrifugal pumps. The power developed by a pump is proportional to Qghp ... 

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