Centrifugal Pump Design:

Centrifugal pump use a rotating impeller to swirl and increase the energy of the incoming fluid and then discharged it radially, at the outer radius of the impeller.

Advantages:

Ability to pump large volumes of fluid.

Application:

Fluid transfer and pumping.

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