EFFECT OF SOLID CONCENTRATION ON A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP PERFORMANCE | ||||
| ERJ. Engineering Research Journal | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2007, Page 67-76 PDF (445.11 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/erjm.2007.69898 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| S.M. Selim1; M.A. El-kad1; M.A. Hosien1; ,M.A. younes2; I.R. Teaima2 | ||||
| 1"' Department ofMechanica1 Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Minoufiya University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt | ||||
| 2Mechanical and Electrical Research Institute, Delta Barrage, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Study on slnq pump performance has attracted much interest in many engineering fields. The influence of solids concentration on a pump operation has been investigated over the decades. When pumps are required to handle slurries, the pump head and efficiency are mainly affected by the solid size, solid concenmtion and solid density. The experiments were conducted with water, sand sluny, and clay sluny at operating pump speed. Measurements of power consumption, flow rate, total head developed by the pump and the density of the sluny were made in order to obtain the characteristic curves of the pump. The results have shown that the values of head generated by the pump and its efficiency are not only dependent on solid concentration but are also affected by particle size distribution of the solids and properties of the sluny. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Slurry pump-Solids concentration-Head and efficiency ratios-Particle size distribution | ||||
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