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Centrifugal Pump

Mechanical Engineering

Centrifugal pumps are used to transport fluids by converting rotational kinetic energy, typically supplied by an engine or electric motor, into the hydrodynamic energy of the fluid flow. They are a sub class of dynamic, axisymmetric, work absorbing turbomachinery: fluid enters the pump impeller along or near the rotating axis and is accelerated by the impeller, flowing radially outward into a diffuser or volute chamber, or casing, from which it exits. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Centrifugal pump (Wikipedia)
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    Centrifugal pumps are used to transport fluids by the conversion of rotational kinetic energy to the hydrodynamic energy of the fluid flow.
  • In Field: Mechanical Engineering, Categories
    Pumps
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best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker, the steam engine, the centrifugal pump
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