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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2011.35.9.875

Modification of Balancing Piston for Trimming of Impeller Diameter for Maintaining Axial-Thrust Balance in Low-Specific-Speed Multistage Centrifugal Pumps  

Yoo, Il-Su (Dept. of Green Environmental Energy Machinery Research, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
Park, Moo-Ryong (Dept. of Green Environmental Energy Machinery Research, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
Yoon, Eui-Soo (Dept. of Green Environmental Energy Machinery Research, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.35, no.9, 2011 , pp. 875-882 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the present study, the imbalance in the axial-thrust and variation in the volumetric efficiency that occurred during the trimming of impeller diameter were investigated. The present study was focused on low-specific-speed multistage centrifugal pumps with a balancing piston as the balancing mechanism. The effects of impeller trimming on the axial-thrust balance in multistage pumps with horizontal and vertical axes were compared. The results showed that impeller trimming resulted in an additional axial-thrust acting in direction of pump inlet. The axial-thrust imbalance due to impeller trimming was more severe in the vertical-axis pumps than in the horizontal-axis pumps. The rate of increase in the diameter of the balancing piston, which was proportional to the rate of impeller trimming, was evaluated to maintain the axial-thrust balance. Furthermore, a simultaneous increase in the piston length and piston diameter was more effective for reducing the axial-thrust imbalance along with the volumetric efficiency drop.
Keywords
Balancing Piston; Impeller Trim; Low Specific Speed Pump; Multi-stage Centrifugal Pump; Axial Thrust Balance; Leakage Loss;
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