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

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Double-Case Pumps 225 5. Survey of Feed Pump Outages, FP 754 Research Project 641, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, 1978. 6. Verhoeven, J. J. "Rotordynamic Considerations in the Design of High Speed, Multistage Centrifugal Pumps," Proceedings of the Fifth International Pump Users Symposium, Texas A&M University, May 1988, 7. Verhoeven, J. J. "Rotor Dynamics of Centrifugal Pumps, a Matter of Fluid Forces," The Shock and Vibration Digest, Vibration Institute, Volume 23, Number 7, July 1991.

13 by George Wilson Goulds Pumps, Inc. Slurry Pumps There are various types of centrifugal slurry pumps, which are identified by their capability to handle solids ranging in size, hardness, concentration, and velocity. An understanding of these important factors will lead to an optimum choice of pump design where the materials of construction and rotational speed are ideally matched to the process system, Slurry Abrasivity The abrasiveness of slurries is difficult to define due to the number of variables involved. It is dependent on the nature of the slurry being pumped and the materials of construction of the pump liquid end components. Wear increases with increasing particle size. For example, the rate of erosion wear when pumping a silica sand slurry is approximately proportional to the average particle size raised to the power of 1.4. Wear increases with concentration; the relationship is linear up to about 10% by volume. At higher concentrations, the rate of wear will level out due to the cushioning effect of the particles as they collide. Wear increases rapidly when the particle hardness exceeds that of the metal surface being abraded. The effective wear resistance of a metal will depend on the relative hardness of the metal to that of the particle. 226

Double-Case <strong>Pumps</strong> 225<br />

5. Survey of Fe<strong>ed</strong> Pump Outages, FP 754 Research Project 641, Electric<br />

Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, 1978.<br />

6. Verhoeven, J. J. "Rotordynamic Considerations in the <strong>Design</strong> of High<br />

Spe<strong>ed</strong>, Multistage <strong>Centrifugal</strong> <strong>Pumps</strong>," Proce<strong>ed</strong>ings of the Fifth International<br />

Pump Users Symposium, Texas A&M University, May<br />

1988,<br />

7. Verhoeven, J. J. "Rotor Dynamics of <strong>Centrifugal</strong> <strong>Pumps</strong>, a Matter of<br />

Fluid Forces," The Shock <strong>and</strong> Vibration Digest, Vibration Institute,<br />

Volume 23, Number 7, July 1991.

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