Pumping plan

Pumps

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Centrifugal pump

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CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS

• IT IS A NON-SELF PRIMING PUMP.

• THIS PUMP CANNOT OPERATE EFFICIENTLY, IF

VAPOURS ARE INDUCED ALONG WITH FLUIDS INTO
THE PUMP.

• TO SEPARATE OUT THESE VAPOURS & ELIMINATE

THEM, PROVISION HAS TO BE MADE USING A
PURGING COCK OR SOME OTHER VAPOR/AIR
EXTRACTING PUMP/DEVICE.
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CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS

• THIS PUMP IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE IN

CONSTRUCTION & HAVE SMALL RESISTANCE TO
FLOW OF FLUIDS THROUGH THEM.

• IT HAS LARGE THROUGH PUT CAPACITIES. (THAT

IS THEIR SIZE/CAPACITY RATIOS ARE VERY HIGH).

• PUMP MAY EITHER BE HORIZONTALLY OR

VERTICALLY OPERATED.

• PRIME MOVER, WHICH DRIVES THE PUMP, COULD

BE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, DIESEL ENGINE,
TURBINE, OR HYDRAULIC MOTOR.
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CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS

• BASIC DESIGN CONSISTS OF A SPLIT CASING OF

VOLUTE OR SPIRAL FORM.

• AN IMPELLER WHICH RUNS IN WEAR/MOUTH

RINGS & MOUNTED ON A DRIVE SHAFT WHICH
ROTATES IN BUSH OR ANY SELF-ALINGING TYPE
OF BEARING.

• THE FLUID IS PREVENTED FROM LEAKING ALONG

THE SHAFT, BY CONVENTIONAL TYPE PACKING
GLANDS OR MECHANICAL SEALS.
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CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS

• THE MOUTH OR WEAR RING% IN WHICH THE IMPELLER

REVOLVES, SERVE AS A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE
SUCTION & PRESSURE SIDES OF THE PUMP.

• IMPELLERS ARE USUALLY FIXED TO THE SHAFT BY KEYS.

• FLUIDS ARE INDUCED INTO THE EYE OF THE IMPELLER AT

THEIR CENTRE DUE TO SUCTION EFFECT CAUSED BY
CENTRIFUGAL FORCE & THE DESIGN OF THE VANES OF THE
PUMP.

• ENERGY IS SUPPLIED BY THE PRIME MOVER, VIA THE

IMPELLER VANES & VOLUTE CASING.

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• Centrifugal pumps are simply constructed with few parts

and no valves.
• There are no immediate problems if the outlet of the
pump is closed.
• These qualities result in relative low purchase and
servicing costs.
• Operation at high speed makes the pump small in
proportion compared to the capacity and flexibility in
relation to the pump’s location.
• The most negative side of using a centrifugal pump is
the lack of self-priming capacity.
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CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CONSTRUCTION

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Centrifugal pump

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