centrifugal pump
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The biggest challenge comes when the growing fish must be moved to the largest tanks, which requires a large centrifugal pump.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 9, 2023
Cooling is furnished by a centrifugal pump, which delivers 25 gallons per minute at 1,400 R. P. M.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
Still, it's the first time I've made the acquaintance of any of them, and I shouldn't have fancied one could get a thrill of this kind out of a centrifugal pump.
From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss
The water-jackets are of spun copper, brazed on to the cylinder, and corrugated so as to admit of free expansion; the water is circulated by means of a centrifugal pump.
From A History of Aeronautics by Evelyn Charles Vivian
A. B. Wood, of the sewerage and water department, had already designed and patented a centrifugal pump impeller adapted to the handling of sewerage containing trash.
From The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce by Thomas Ewing Dabney
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