This paper presents some experimental results of erosive wear in a centrifugal slurry pump. The erosion rate of a centrifugal pump impeller is measured by the weighing method. In this part of the study only the erosion of the impeller is considered. Two different concentrations of coarse sand are used. The effect of speed of rotation is also investigated. The experimental results show the correlation between the erosive wear development, and solid particle concentration.
The objective of this investigation is to study the relation between erosive wear in a centrifugal pump impeller and solid particle concentration.
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