NPSHR (NPSH3) Improvement of a Low Pressure Safety Injection Pump

dc.contributor.other	International Pump Users Symposium (34th : 2018)
dc.creator	Visser, Frank
dc.creator	Ketelaar, Mark
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-12T19:48:43Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-12T19:48:43Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/174970
dc.description	Case Study	en
dc.description.abstract	This case study discusses the rerate of a set of vertically-mounted single-stage end-suction centrifugal pumps used for low pressure safety injection (LPSI) in a nuclear power plant. The original LPSI pumps were supplied early 1970s and for safety purposes it was decided to overhaul these pumps to improve NPSHR (i.e. NPSH3). The rerate consisted of replacing the existing impeller with a new design yielding close to identical head performance characteristic, yet lower NPSHR. Aim was to improve NPSHR by (minimally) 0.5 m (1.64 ft) at rated capacity of 682 m3/h (3003 USGPM) and 1470 r/min running speed, and demonstrate by test the actual improvement in NPSHR	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	Proceedings of the 34th International Pump Users Symposium	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Pumping machinery	en
dc.title	NPSHR (NPSH3) Improvement of a Low Pressure Safety Injection Pump	en
dc.type.genre	conference publication	en
dc.type.material	Text	en
dc.format.digitalOrigin	born digital	en