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

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574 <strong>Centrifugal</strong> <strong>Pumps</strong>: <strong>Design</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Application</strong><br />

NPSH (net positive suction head),<br />

85-109<br />

hydraulic turbines, 251-252,<br />

254-255<br />

NPSHA (net positive suction head pr<strong>ed</strong>iction, 25-27<br />

available), 4, 85-86, range charge, 47-50<br />

104-106, 116-117, 120-121, slurry corrections, 244-245<br />

129, 131, 186-187 Pipeline <strong>Pumps</strong>, 139-164<br />

NPSHR (net positive suction head analysis of pump losses,<br />

requir<strong>ed</strong>) 140-141<br />

40,000 hours life, 92 bi-rotors, 148<br />

cavitation, 87-88, 189-191, destaging, 144, 151-152<br />

430-432 double case, 210<br />

cavitation free, 92-103 efficiency, 140-143<br />

cavitation free compar<strong>ed</strong> with hydraulic gradient, 139<br />

Hydraulic Institute, hydrodynamic size, 141-142<br />

107-108 impeller underfiling, 143-144,<br />

chemical pumps, 317 146-147<br />

estimating, 33-34 number of pumps, 140<br />

gas-to-liquid ratio, 100-103 number of stations, 140<br />

high spe<strong>ed</strong> pumps, 90, 92-93 pipeline horsepower, 139<br />

incidence angle, 94, 101 pump selection, 158-164<br />

inducers, 187-190 series vs. parallel, 163-164<br />

leakage—influence of, 94-95 slurry, 156<br />

liquid—influence of, 99-100 specific spe<strong>ed</strong>, 141<br />

suction nozzle—influence of, volute chipping, 143-145, 147<br />

96-99 volute inserts, 147-150<br />

suction specific Pulsations, 150, 433-436,<br />

spe<strong>ed</strong>—influence of, 90 481-483<br />

pr<strong>ed</strong>icting, 87-88<br />

stable operating window, 90-92<br />

suction piping, 103 «<br />

suppression test, 88-90<br />

Thoma cavitation rparameter,<br />

D ,. , , , _. .,<br />

lgg<br />

Radial load, 52-56,<br />

in~<br />

192-193.,<br />

in_<br />

P<br />

vertical pumps, 120, 129 „ 258-259, 296<br />

viscosity 103<br />

Rotor dynamic analysis. See<br />

Vibration <strong>and</strong> Noise.<br />

Rotor dynamics, 219-220<br />

S<br />

Performance<br />

curve shape, 4-6, 175, Sag bore, 224<br />

194-196 Sealless pumps, 305-306

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