A correlation to predict the performance characteristics of centrifugal pumps handling slurries

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-156

  Kazim, K A ^a   Maiti, B ^b   Chand, P ^b  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Technology   (Bangladesh)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Centrifugal pump; Concentration; Density; Particle; Performance characteristics; Prediction; Slurry; Transportation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLURRIES; SLURRY PIPELINES;

HEAD REDUCTION FACTOR;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS;

MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PIPELINES-SLURRY; PUMPS-CENTRIFUGAL; SLURRIES;

EID: 0000466635     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0957650971537060     Document Type: Article

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