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What is ASpillback
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What is ASpillback

What is ASpillback

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Kindly let me know what is the meaning of Spillback in a centrifugal pump ? How it is related with Minimum flow? what should we specify while preparing a datasheet?

Sorry - I am unable to understand the concept of spillback hence unable to express my doubt properly.

Thanks and  regards  

RE: What is ASpillback

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mechatronic:

Your candor is admirable.  It enables us all to get to the immediate problem efficiently and with understanding.  We should be thanking you for the good communication.

A "spillback"  is jargonese for the small percentage of a centrifugal pump's total flow that is routed back to the suction (source tank) of the pump for the purpose of ensuring that the pump has a continuous flow through it and doesn't experience a "deadhead" (blocked discharge) - where there is no flow through the pump.  The spillback effect is also employed by many to contribute to flow control.  It is, in reality, a partial recycle and as such is a natural (albeit, inefficient) way to control the net delivered capacity of the pump.

The merit of the spillback is that it ensures that today's mechanical seals used on centrifugal pumps stay "wet and cool" with the constantly flowing fluid through the body of the pump.  As you probably know, a deadhead situation creates a stagnant fluid with a constant, high discharge pressure that is maintained at the cost of constant horsepower input to the fluid.  This causes high temperatures and potential seal damage.  It also sometimes causes excessive vibration which is still another mechanical no-no for a pump.

I hope this explains the effect.

RE: What is ASpillback

(OP)
Montemayor,

Many thanks for your clear explanation . I understood the concept .

Thanks once again !

RE: What is ASpillback


As an addendum, spillback or by-pass control is often employed with high specific speed axial-flow pumps, because their power input drops with increasing flow.

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