Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259696534
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., John M. Cimbala
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 12CP
For each statement about cow cetrifugal the statement is true or false. and discuss your answer briefly:
(a) A centrifugal pump with radial blades has higher efficiency than the same pump with backward-inclined blades.
(b) A centrifugal pump with radial blades produces a larger pressure rise than the same pump with backward, or forward-inclined blades
over a wide range of
(c) A centrifugal pump with forward-inclined blades ii a good choice when one needs to provide a large pressure rise over a wide range of volume flow rates.
(d) A centrifugal pump with foird-inchned blades would most likely have less blades than a pump of the same size with backward-inclined or radial blades.
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