Large Cooling Water Pump Upgrade for Increased Capacity And Reduced Impeller Cavitation

dc.contributor	Asia Turbomachinery & Pump Symposium (2nd : 2018)
dc.creator	Visser, Frank
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-12T15:25:11Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-12T15:25:11Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/172482
dc.description	Case Studies	en
dc.description.abstract	This case study discusses the hydraulic upgrade of two sets of four (25 percent) large vertical cooling water pumps. To increase the electrical output of subject power station, the cooling water pumps of block 1 and 2 had to be upgraded in capacity minimally thirteen percent, thereby also attempting to minimize the occurrence of impeller cavitation. The upgrade consisted of replacing the existing impeller and diffuser plus casing, and installing new electric motors. To corroborate anticipated hydraulic performance the replacement impeller and diffuser were model tested on a 1:4 scale. The model test further served to determine final sizing dimension of the upgrade.	en
dc.format.medium	Electronic	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
dc.relation.ispartof	Asia Turbomachinery & Pump Symposium. 2018 Proceedings.	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Turbomachines	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Pumping machinery	en
dc.title	Large Cooling Water Pump Upgrade for Increased Capacity And Reduced Impeller Cavitation	en
dc.type.genre	conference publication	en
dc.type.material	Text	en
dc.format.digitalOrigin	born digital	en