Paper Title
Wear and Performance Charactaristic of Slurry Pump
Abstract
The solid particles in slurry play a very crucial role on the performance of the centrifugal slurry pump. The
percentage of solid particles in slurry is deteriorating the overall performance of pump. Hence, it is very much essential to
understand the quantity, shape, size, hardness of the solid particles that affects the pump performance. An analysis can be
done by adopting various strategies. Primary investigation has been done by visual observation of the casing before and after
operating of pump casing. In the research work various existing correlation are considered and compared with result
obtained from the experiments. The experiments are performed with different operating conditions. It is observed that
experimental results and simulated results of measurement of discharge head are very close. Further, the wear profile of
casing of slurry pump with different operating condition is investigated. From the macroscopic observation and
measurement of wear it can be concluded because of wear in slurry pump casing discharge head decrease.
Keywords - Slurry pump, ash slurry, wear, tribology