Improvements in the prediction of performance of centrifugal slurry pumps handling slurries

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

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 473-486

  Gandhi, B K ^a   Singh, S N ^b   Seshadri, V ^b  

^a SHRI G S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Centrifugal slurry pump; Friction loss; Impeller slip loss; Leakage loss; Multisized particulate; Performance; Pump geometry

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRICTION; IMPELLERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SLURRIES; SLURRY PIPELINES;

CENTRIFUGAL SLURRY PUMPS; ENERGY HEAD LOSSES; PUMP FLOW RATES;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS;

CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; FLOW VELOCITY; FRICTION LOSS; IMPELLER; SLURRY PUMP;

EID: 0033663179     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0957650001538029     Document Type: Article

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