Research Article

Coarse Particle Motion Characteristics in a Double-Stage Slurry Pump Considering Leakage Flow

Table 4

Ratio of leakage flow to the total flow at different flow rates.

Q/(m3/h)First stageSecond stage
QL2/QQL3/QQL4/QQL5/QQL/QQL2/QQL3/QQL4/QQL5/QQL/Q

808.7%8.8%3.0%5.9%26.4%8.4%9.6%3.0%6.7%27.7%
1205.6%5.5%1.9%3.6%16.6%5.5%6.1%1.9%3.8%17.3%
1603.9%3.9%1.5%2.5%11.8%3.9%4.1%1.4%2.7%12.1%
2002.9%2.6%1.1%1.5%8.1%2.8%3.0%1.0%1.7%8.5%