Axial Flow Pumps, Viscosity Correction
Axial Flow Pumps, Viscosity Correction
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Are there any technical papers that discuss prediciting axial flow pump performance is viscous applications?
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RE: Axial Flow Pumps, Viscosity Correction
Hole,Gunnar,1994, "Fluid Viscosity Effects on Centrifugal Pumps", Pumps and Systems Magazine, April, pp.14-19
Engin,T.& Gur,M.,2003,"Comparative Evaluations of Some Existing Correlations to Predict Head Degradation of Centrifugal Slurry Pumps", ASME J.Fluids Engineering, Vol.125, Jan. pp.149-157
Gandhi,B.K.etal,2001,"Performance Characteristics of Centrifugal Slurry Pumps", ASME J.Fluids Engineering, Vol.123, June, pp.271-280
The 1st article gives a curve fitted equation for Hydraulics Institute viscosity curves and an example of its use in viscous flow horsepower calculations.
RE: Axial Flow Pumps, Viscosity Correction