Canned pump having a high inertia flywheel
Abstract
A canned pump is described which includes a motor, impeller, shaft, and high inertia flywheel mounted within a hermetically sealed casing. The flywheel comprises a heavy metal disk made preferably of a uranium alloy with a stainless steel shell sealably enclosing the heavy metal. The outside surfaces of the stainless steel comprise thrust runners and a journal for mating with, respectively, thrust bearing shoes and radial bearing segments. The bearings prevent vibration of the pump and, simultaneously, minimize power losses normally associated with the flywheel resulting from frictionally pumping surrounding fluid.
- Inventors:
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- O'Hara Twp., Allegheny County, PA
- Monroeville Borough, Allegheny County, PA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 867207
- Patent Number(s):
- 4886430
- Assignee:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F04 - POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS F04D - NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-86SF16038
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- canned; pump; inertia; flywheel; described; motor; impeller; shaft; mounted; hermetically; sealed; casing; comprises; heavy; metal; disk; preferably; uranium; alloy; stainless; steel; shell; sealably; enclosing; outside; surfaces; comprise; thrust; runners; journal; mating; respectively; bearing; shoes; radial; segments; bearings; prevent; vibration; simultaneously; minimize; power; losses; normally; associated; resulting; frictionally; pumping; surrounding; fluid; outside surfaces; power loss; outside surface; uranium alloy; heavy metal; hermetically sealed; stainless steel; thrust bearing; radial bearing; power losses; normally associated; metal disk; surrounding fluid; hermetically seal; inertia flywheel; wheel mounted; steel comprise; canned pump; /417/74/310/
Citation Formats
Veronesi, Luciano, and Raimondi, ALbert A. Canned pump having a high inertia flywheel. United States: N. p., 1989.
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Veronesi, Luciano, & Raimondi, ALbert A. Canned pump having a high inertia flywheel. United States.
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"Canned pump having a high inertia flywheel". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867207.
@article{osti_867207,
title = {Canned pump having a high inertia flywheel},
author = {Veronesi, Luciano and Raimondi, ALbert A},
abstractNote = {A canned pump is described which includes a motor, impeller, shaft, and high inertia flywheel mounted within a hermetically sealed casing. The flywheel comprises a heavy metal disk made preferably of a uranium alloy with a stainless steel shell sealably enclosing the heavy metal. The outside surfaces of the stainless steel comprise thrust runners and a journal for mating with, respectively, thrust bearing shoes and radial bearing segments. The bearings prevent vibration of the pump and, simultaneously, minimize power losses normally associated with the flywheel resulting from frictionally pumping surrounding fluid.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1989},
month = {1}
}
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