Author : Ajinkya Sonune, Akshay Dudhe and Mahesh R. Chopade

Centrifugal pumps are probably among the most often used machinery in industrial facilities as well as in common life. Centrifugal pump is widely used as a universal machine, so improving hydrodynamic performances of the centrifugal pump is important for energy saving. With the development of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), numerical simulation has become the main method for performance prediction and structure design of the pump. The impeller is the most important part in a centrifugal pump since it is the place where the mechanical energy is converted into hydraulic energy. Hence the parameters related to the impeller are directly affecting the performance of the pump. One of them is the blade exit angle; if it is not correctly designed, it can negatively affect the head and the hydraulic efficiency of the pump. The previous research suggests that a larger blade angle is suitable. Also, exit blades angle variation contributes more in the performance.

Keywords: Exit blade angle, Pumps Performance