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Peter Came
Director
PCA Engineers Limited
Content
Training Manual
Head (energy) raised by flow of fluid through radial pressure field, driven
by rotating impeller
Head U2 x Cu2
Volute
Throat
fluid whirl speed, Cu2
Essential notation
Training Manual
rotation
Low Ns pump
Common high
Head, H diffusion effects.
High Ns pump
Volume flow, V
Head Hmax
16.00
12.00
8.00
6.00
4.00
2.00
Flow
0.00
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 1.20 1.40
D1m D2m
2.g.H
HC 2
U2
Choose a value ~ 0.85 < HC < 1.3
depending upon specific speed
W . V 0.5
Nss VOLUTE PUMP CAVITATION PERFORMANCE (3% dH)
4.0
3.5
where Nss is: 3.0
2.5
Net Positive Suction Head,
Nss
2.0
0.5
and the head at which cavitation 0.0
U1e
Cme
De
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Volute throat area sizing for
Version 1.0
0.8
We extend this to
0.7
allow sizing the volute, as 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
Specific speed Ns
follows:
W . V 0.5
0.8 < Y. Ns < 1.1 Ns
g.Hbep 0.75
where Y is:
impeller outlet area between blades
volute throat area
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Volute throat velocity at
Version 1.0
R2 R
R2
High specific
speed designs
Low specific
speed designs
Key input
head, flow, speed, efficiency & head coeff.
(if head coeff. option selected)
Virtually all other input parameters can assume their
default values
Key output
eye diameter, tip diameter, & tip width
ks (stability parameter)
diffusion ratio [ = (W1,m W2) / W1,m ]
Ns (specific speed)
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