Pumping capacity of pitched blade multi-stage impellers

Chemical and Process Engineering - Inzynieria Chemiczna i Procesowa

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-53

  Jirout, Tomáš ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Impeller pumping capacity; Laser Doppler anemometry; Multi stage impeller; Pitched blade impeller; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; MULTI-STAGE; PITCHED BLADE IMPELLER; PUMPING CAPACITY; VELOCITY PROFILES;

IMPELLERS;

EID: 84901044293     PISSN: 02086425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/cpe-2014-0004     Document Type: Article

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