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 164
ses a whirling motion of the entering water. Sec. 164] CENTRIFUGAL AND ROTARY PUMPS 143 This tends to produce an irregular flow. Also, if the pump is of thedouble-suction type (Fig. 130) it tends to cause a condition of unbalancebetween the pressures on the two sides of the double impeller. Where… … Fig. 161.—Centrifugal Pumps Drawing Through Independent Suction Lines From Common Source. and the suction nozzle of the pump. If the suction line is of larger sizethan the nozzle, then a tapered reducer may be used. The reducershould, however, be of eccentric form (Fig. 162) so as to avoid the…
Steam power plants · Pumping machinery
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