What's a turbine pump?
What's a turbine pump?
(OP)
I understand what's a "turbine" and a "pump" but never get what's a "turbine pump".
Don't these two words contradict if used together? My understanding in most basic terms is that,
a turbine converts motion from fluid to torque in a shaft
a pump converts torque in a shaft to motion in a fluid
Isn't the term "turbine pump" so vague. It could mean:
1. a pump serving for a turbine (eg. turbine feed pump in a turbine cycle, turbine lube oil pump, etc.)
2. a set with a turbine driving a pump. If referring in contrast to an electric-motor-driven pump, if a pump is instead being driven by a turbine, then the term "turbine pump" might be used instead of an "electric-motor pump"
More definitions could be made up.
Am I missing something?
Don't these two words contradict if used together? My understanding in most basic terms is that,
a turbine converts motion from fluid to torque in a shaft
a pump converts torque in a shaft to motion in a fluid
Isn't the term "turbine pump" so vague. It could mean:
1. a pump serving for a turbine (eg. turbine feed pump in a turbine cycle, turbine lube oil pump, etc.)
2. a set with a turbine driving a pump. If referring in contrast to an electric-motor-driven pump, if a pump is instead being driven by a turbine, then the term "turbine pump" might be used instead of an "electric-motor pump"
More definitions could be made up.
Am I missing something?





RE: What's a turbine pump?
RE: What's a turbine pump?
Normally turbine pump is a vertically stacked multi-stage pump as you will see in Google.
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RE: What's a turbine pump?
See
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp...
RE: What's a turbine pump?
A water turbine is classically the former, a turbine pump the latter.
a simple google search for the two terms shows the difference.
Water turbine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_turbine
A turbine pumps is what is sometimes called a vertical multi-stage pump e.g. http://www.spxflow.com/en/clydeunion-pumps/pd-sbwm...
Pumps are more typically thought of as torque to flow
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RE: What's a turbine pump?
RE: What's a turbine pump?
As the pump industry developed, trade associations developed pump nomenclature. Pumps may be classified in many different ways. The Hydraulic Institute developed a nomenclature for pumps according to their design.
Turbines were invented much earlier than the invention of the turbine pump in the 1800's. The Francis Turbine was invented in 1848. It is an inward-flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M_vs_franc...
A turbine pump is a type of centrifugal pump.