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Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

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High Spe<strong>ed</strong> <strong>Pumps</strong> 191<br />

Figure 11-7. Inducer family for partial emission pumps (courtesy Sundstr<strong>and</strong>)<br />

blades, razor sharp <strong>ed</strong>ges, etc., but rather a useful "optimum" relating<br />

reasonable suction performance expectation to the inlet flow coefficient.<br />

The Brumfield suction performance can be exce<strong>ed</strong><strong>ed</strong> with well-design<strong>ed</strong><br />

inducers. Tradeoff or compromise is not always requir<strong>ed</strong> in performance<br />

<strong>and</strong> cavitation considerations, because modest spe<strong>ed</strong>, small inducers, or<br />

low specific gravity fluids can result in operating regimes far remov<strong>ed</strong><br />

from cavitation concern. Substantial effort has been devot<strong>ed</strong> to inducer<br />

development <strong>and</strong> will undoubt<strong>ed</strong>ly continue in the future, since inducers<br />

are a key element in extending the frontiers of high-spe<strong>ed</strong> pump technol-<br />

ogy-<br />

A family of inducers for RE. pumps is shown in Figure 11-7 which<br />

range from 1.25 to 3.5 inches in diameter <strong>and</strong> provide coverage from Q/<br />

N = .0005 to .1.<br />

Partial Emission <strong>Design</strong> Evolution<br />

Beyond the very substantial NPSHR improvement provid<strong>ed</strong> by inducers,<br />

improvement of the concentric bowl pump has been pursu<strong>ed</strong> in<br />

other areas including efficiency, curve shape, <strong>and</strong> noise r<strong>ed</strong>uction. Positive<br />

results have been achiev<strong>ed</strong> in all three of these areas as summariz<strong>ed</strong><br />

below.<br />

Areas exist where the concentric bowl pump is wanting by a few efficiency<br />

points to be more fully competitive with other pump types. A clue

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