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http://dx.doi.org/10.5293/KFMA.2008.11.1.018

Improvement of Pump Performance and Suppression of Cavitation in a Centrifugal Pump  

Choi, Young-Do (한양해양대학교 산학협력단)
Kurokawa, Junichi (요코하마국립대학)
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The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery / v.11, no.1, 2008 , pp. 18-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recent trends of a centrifugal pump are high speed in rotation and high pressure in head with high efficiency to meet the demands of industries. However, the newly developed pumps make trouble of pressure pulsation in the pumping system by performance instability of the pump. Moreover, cavitation, which is a main obstacle of high rotational speed in the pump, occurring in an impeller gives serious damages to the impeller and casing wall. The purpose of present study is not only to develop a simple method to improve pump performance but also to suppress the occurrence of cavitation in the centrifugal pump by use of J-Groove. J-Groove is a shallow groove installed on the casing wall in the meridional direction. The application of J-Groove to a centrifugal pump with a new type impeller of "semi-closed impeller" has proved its effectiveness as a useful countermeasure of the unstable pump performance and cavitation. The results show that the combination of semi-closed impeller and J-Groove can be applied successfully and improves both the pump performance and suction performance.
Keywords
Centrifugal pump; Cavitation; Semi-closed impeller; Suction performance; J-Groove;
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