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Centrifugal Pump Design:
Centrifugal pumps use a rotating impeller to swirl and increase the energy of the incoming fluid and then discharge it radially at the outer radius of the impeller.
Advantages:
Ability to pump large volumes of fluid.
Application:
Fluid transfer and pumping. |
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PumpLinx: Solve Flows, Pressures, Cavitation, and Loads:
Discriminators:
- Models cavitation
- Accurate tip leakage
- Superior treatment of rotating-stationary interfaces
- Ease-of-use
- Fast turn-around
Design Issues/Benefits:
- Impeller design
- Inlet/exit duct design
- Tip leakage reduction
- Reduce blade loads
- Reduce Cavitation effects on efficiency and pump life
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