2008年12月16日星期二

How a centrifugal pump works

Dynamic pumps are also characterized by their mode of operation: a rotating impellerconverts kinetic energy into pressure or velocity that is needed to pump the fluid.There are two types of dynamic pumps:
􀂃 Centrifugal pumps are the most common pumps used for pumping water in industrialapplications. Typically, more than 75% of the pumps installed in an industry arecentrifugal pumps. For this reason, this pump is further described below.
􀂃 Special effect pumps are particularly used for specialized conditions at an industrial site.2.2.1 How a centrifugal pump worksA centrifugal pump is one of the simplest pieces of equipment in any process plant. Figure 8shows how this type of pump operates:
􀂃 Liquid is forced into an impeller either by atmospheric pressure, or in case of a jet pumpby artificial pressure.
􀂃 The vanes of impeller pass kinetic energy to the liquid, thereby causing the liquid torotate. The liquid leaves the impeller at high velocity.
􀂃 The impeller is surrounded by a volute casing or in case of a turbine pump a stationarydiffuser ring. The volute or stationary diffuser ring converts the kinetic energy intopressure energy.

Electrical Energy Equipment: Pumps and Pumping Systems

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