Classifications of impeller 2.

Drive system
3. Electric motor
1. Single suction impeller
4. Ducts or piping
2. Double suction impeller
5. Flow control devices
Impellers can be 6. Air conditioning equipment such as
a. Filters
1. Open b. Heat exchangers
2. Semi-open c. Cooling coil
3. Enclosed
Advantages of the belt-drive arrangement
Centrifugal pump classification by flow
1. Selecting proper pulley-ratio of fan-
1. Radial flow wheel can cause any speed. It results in
2. Axial flow flexibility of performance. We can
3. Mixed flow achieve increased horse power, (rpm
Centrifugal pump components ratio), if for boosting the flow speed is
increased.
1. Wearing rings 2. Belt drive is preferable in large sizes for
2. Stuffing box lower cost, since its fan wheel speed
3. Lantern ring will be kept moderate or low while
Categories of a reciprocating pump putting the motor speed high.
3. Passage of stream of air over motor
1. Direct acting and indirect acting pumps provides it good cooling.
2. Simplex and duplex pumps
3. Single acting and double acting pumps Advantages of the direct drive arrangement
4. Power pumps 1. Its cost is lower as it has a lower
Categories of positive displacement rotary number of components
pumps 2. It does not require regular checkups for
adjustment of the belt and no
1. Simple gear pump maintenance.
2. Other gear pumps (helical, spur, 3. Efficiency of its fan is better, because
herringbone) ten to fifteen % more horsepower of
3. Lobe type pump break would be consumed by a belt
4. Screw type positive displacement rotary drive.
pump 4. As airflow is not hindered by motor
a. Two screw, low pitch, screw central location, it results in more flow.
pump 5. On extra cost, arrangement of belt-
b. Three screw, high pitch, screw drive can result in flexibility of
pump performance. It could be achieved by
5. Rotary moving vane pump variation in the number of blades and
6. Diaphragm pump by means of adjustable-pitch blades.
Flow increase of ten to fifteen % by
Chapter 6
increasing blade-angle by 30. By
Fan system consists of increasing number of blades, up to a

1. Fan
 point, the static pressure can be
boosted.

Commonly used wheels of centrifugal fans

of six types are

1. Having radial blades

2. Having forward-curved blades
3. Having radial-tips blades
4. Having backward-inclined blades
5. Having backward-curved blades
6. Having airfoil blades

Variety of application use these six types

1. Centrifugal fans having airfoil blades

2. Backward curved blades type
centrifugal fans
3. Backward inclined blades type
centrifugal fans
4. Radial tips blades type centrifugal fans

CHAP 7

2 most common compressor types

1. Positive displacement
2. Dynamic

Dynamic compressors

1. Centrifugal compressors
2. Axial compressors

Main components of centrifugal compressor

1. Bearings
2. Housing
3. Impeller
4. Inlet and outlet
5. Shaft couplings
6. Shaft seals

Positive displacement compressors

1. Reciprocating compressors
a. Piston compressor
2. Rotary compressor