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

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Hydraulic Power Recovery Turbines 261<br />

Figure 14-10. HPRT construct Jon using singJe-volute-type case, turbine runner,<br />

<strong>and</strong> guide vanes.<br />

Turbine <strong>Design</strong> with Fix<strong>ed</strong> Guide Vanes<br />

Most pump manufacturers offer, in addition, different lines of turbomachines<br />

design<strong>ed</strong> specifically to be appli<strong>ed</strong> as HPRT's. They are basically<br />

develop<strong>ed</strong> to cover a range of performance generally not available<br />

with a reverse-running pump. One of these HPRT's is shown in Figure<br />

14-9,<br />

This HPRT features an axial-split single-volute-type scroll case, a single-stage<br />

double-eye Francis-type runner, <strong>and</strong> a removable guide vane<br />

component (Figure 14-10), that controls the inlet flow to the runner.<br />

This type of HPRT has a fix<strong>ed</strong> performance characteristic. However,<br />

the design can accommodate seasonal or "plant turn-down" flow-capacity<br />

conditions by changing to a different guide vane assembly or by using<br />

an adjustable guide vane assembly for optimum performance. The runners<br />

us<strong>ed</strong> in this type of HPRT are quite different from the conventional<br />

pump impeller in that it has a greater number of vanes <strong>and</strong> generally<br />

larger vane angles.

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