Laboratory Measurements the Rise in Power Consumption Resulting from the Use of a Finned Rotating Disc at a Centrifugal Water Flow

Andrzej Wilk1
1Institute of Power Engineering and Turbomachinery, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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The pump structure may involve using fins on the impeller discs to reduce axial thrust. The fins are also used to reduce pressure acting on the discharge-side stuffing box, throw mechanical impurities away and protect the seal against mechanical impurities at the pump impeller inlet. Extensive laboratory tests were performed on finned discs at the water centrifugal flow for different fin widths and gaps between fins and the casing and for different water flow rates. The resulting change in power consumption was determined compared to unfinned discs. The analysis results indicate that fitting the disc with fins involves an increase in power consumption. The consumption rise depends on the centrifugal volumetric flow rate, the fin width and the size of the gap. The dependence of power consumption on the gap size is non-monotonic—the gap can be optimized to minimize power consumption. The determination of the rise in the consumption of power resulting from fitting the disc with fins and depending on the centrifugal volumetric flow rate is an original outcome of the analysis presented in this paper. The dependence was defined for fins with different values of width and for different sizes of gap. The presented results of the testing can be used in the analysis of power consumption of both finned and unfinned rotating discs. The analysis of power consumption in the impeller pump axial thrust balancing system using balancing vanes is another example of the application of the obtained results.

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