Opening adress by the Chairman
1983, Zeszyt 83-84
Abstract
In large multistage pumps the axial thrust is balanced mostly by a balancing device cornposed, in general case, of a drum and disc. Several years ago the authors proposed the energy optimization method for the design of such a system enabiing to minimize the leakage and disc friction losses. In this report the influence of the following factors on the optimalization results is discussed:
The method proposed by the authors has been introduced inio the design practice in Poland.
Keywords:
multistage pumps, axial thrust, energy optimization, disc friction