A theoretical relationship between NPSH and erosion rate for a centrifugal pump
Book
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OSTI ID:100926
- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Tamil Nadu (India)
Cavitation in turbomachines adversely affects not only the performance of the machine but is also detrimental to equipment life. The practice of ensuring NPSH{sub av} > NPSH{sub 3%} does not eliminate cavitation erosion as cavitation inception is found to occur at much higher values of the available NPSH. This paper attempts to develop a theoretical relationship between the erosion rate and NPSH for a centrifugal pump as this can be of immense value in correlating the maximum erosion rate NPSH with NPSH{sub 3%}. This is pertinent for liquid metal fast breeder reactor pumping systems.
- OSTI ID:
- 100926
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940659--; ISBN 0-7918-1373-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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