CORRELATION OF CAVITATION INCEPTION DATA FOR A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP OPERATING IN WATER AND IN SODIUM POTASSIUM ALLOY (NaK)

Technical Report · Thu Dec 11 04:00:00 EST 1958

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4311403· OSTI ID:4311403

Grindell, A G

For the centrifugal pump under investigation, the static head at pump suction, in feet absolute, at cavitation inception was correlated for water and for 1500 F NaK on the basis of the differences of the vapor pressures of the two liquids. The difference between the vapor pressure of water and NaK, for the same conditions of pump speed and liquid flow, was added to the water-test cavitation inception value, and this estimate proved to be a good approximation to the experimental value found for cavitation inception with NaK. (auth)

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• NSA Number: NSA-13-002993
• OSTI ID: 4311403
• Report Number(s): ORNL-2544
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CENTRIFUGATION
HIGH TEMPERATURE
LIQUID FLOW
METALLURGY AND CERAMICS
POTASSIUM ALLOYS
PRESSURE
PUMPS
SODIUM ALLOYS
TESTING
VAPORS
VELOCITY
WATER