Steam power plant auxiliaries and accessories; (1922)
Croft, Terrell, 1880- ed, Dufflin, Daniel John, 1911- ed · New York, [etc] McGraw-Hill book company, Inc · leaf 125
on entering the pump at 0, (Fig. 127)is caught between the vanes of the impeller which are rotating. Thisrapid rotation of the water sets up a centrifugal force, F, and forces thewater outward against the pump casing, C, just as the boy swinging thebucket over his head (Fig. 121) created a… … Fig. 127.—Centrifugal Force Created By Rotation Of Impeller Vanes. thus set up may be imagined to be transmitted by the water, fromparticle to particle, entirely around the inner periphery of the casing tothe discharge nozzle. The water is thus caused to rise in the dis-charge pipe P, just as the…
Steam power plants · Pumping machinery
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