Pump Characteristics INTRODUCTION
In industry, the performance specifications for a particular pump may be known, but the tests are usually based on water as the pumping medium. For liquids of significantly higher viscosity than water, these performance curves may only be accurate at certain flow rates, or they might not be valid at all, and it might be necessary to recalibrate the specifications for higher viscosity liquids.
The purpose of this experiment is to examine the performance and characteristics of a centrifugal pump, its motor, and the corresponding piping system, used to pump an ethylene glycol solution. The pump used in this experiment has a performance curve based on water, so pump performance curves, as well
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In order to study the characteristics, the performance of the pump and the motor are studied. The performance of the pump can be determined by capacity, total head loss, brake horsepower, efficiency, liquid horsepower, pump efficiency, and net positive suction head.
The capacity is the rate at which the liquid (ethylene glycol) flows through the pump and is expressed in gallons per minute. The capacity affects other parameters of the pump’s performance. The capacity is chosen such that the efficiency of the pump is high.
The total head is the pressure available out of the pump that result from the change in the mechanical input energy into kinetic and potential energy, i.e. the energy that the pump transfers to the liquid. On the pump curve, the total head is the difference between the discharge head and the suction head. The total head for a liquid is dependent on rotation speed and capacity. Thus, the total head for is independent of the fluid that is being pumped and is constant for different fluid under the same capacity and rotational speed. The total head, as seen in Figure 2, decreases as the capacity
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The friction head loss is the energy dissipated in the system - the higher the head loss, the higher the friction factor. The velocity of the liquid also effects the friction factor as they are inversely proportional. Bibliography:
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A composite hose with flanges on both ends compose the basic structure of the peristatic pump. And the discharge lines of the system and the suction are connected by the flanges. The shell contains a rotor mounted on the shaft which support its own bearing. In the casing , there are two or more pressing ‘shoes’ are fixed. The principle of the peristaltic pump is simple. As showed in the figure1. Between the rotor and the tube-bed, the tubing is relatively fixed. There are three position A,B and C which are all squeezed. The rollers-pressing shoes on the rotating rotor go through the pipe. Then the tubing is pressed continuously by the rollers just like the fingers. And the liquid in the tubing is pushed along the revolving rotor. After that the tube in the back of the roller restore the original shape as well as create a vacuum which extract the liquid behind it. Between
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