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Mechanics of Fluids

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634 Fluid machines<br />

Fig. 13.34<br />

break away from that side. This type <strong>of</strong> impeller therefore usually has a<br />

much greater number <strong>of</strong> blades (sometimes as many as 60 in large fans).<br />

Deviation <strong>of</strong> the flow also occurs in turbine runners, but to a smaller<br />

degree.<br />

13.4.4 Axial- and mixed-flow pumps<br />

The axial-flow or propeller pump is the converse <strong>of</strong> the propeller turbine and<br />

is very similar in appearance to it. The impeller consists <strong>of</strong> a central boss<br />

on which are mounted a number <strong>of</strong> blades. It rotates within a cylindrical<br />

casing, ideally <strong>of</strong> sufficient length to allow uniform flow on each side <strong>of</strong> the<br />

pump, and the clearance between blades and casing is as small as practicable.<br />

On the outlet side <strong>of</strong> the impeller a set <strong>of</strong> stationary guide vanes is usually<br />

fitted: these vanes are designed to remove the whirl component <strong>of</strong> velocity<br />

which the fluid receives from the impeller (see Fig. 13.34). Guide vanes on<br />

the inlet side also are sometimes provided but, except in applications where<br />

appreciable tangential motion exists in the inlet pipe, they do not significantly<br />

improve the pump’s performance and so are usually omitted. Modern axialflow<br />

pumps are <strong>of</strong>ten provided with impeller blades whose angle may be<br />

altered during running so that a high efficiency is maintained over a wide<br />

range <strong>of</strong> discharge.<br />

The impeller <strong>of</strong> a mixed-flow pump is so shaped that the fluid enters axially<br />

but leaves with a substantial radial component.<br />

The general formulae 13.7–13.10 apply, with reservations, no less to axialflow<br />

machines than to centrifugal ones. In an axial machine a particle <strong>of</strong> fluid,<br />

in general, enters and leaves the impeller at the same radius. That is, u1 = u2<br />

and, if we assume that vw does not vary in the circumferential direction, the<br />

equations reduce to<br />

Work done on fluid divided by mass<br />

= u(vw2 − vw1) = 1<br />

2<br />

��<br />

v 2 2 − v2 1<br />

�<br />

−<br />

�<br />

R 2 2 − R2 ��<br />

1<br />

(13.21)

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