centrifugal pump

noun

a pump having a high-speed rotating impeller whose blades throw the water outwards

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The reciprocating pump is a reversed pressure engine, and the centrifugal pump a reversed turbine.

Fig. 210 shows a centrifugal pump differing from ordinary centrifugal pumps in one feature only.

The centrifugal pump, invented by Euler in 1754, was taken up in the nineteenth century and greatly improved.

The suction is produced by a powerful centrifugal pump, run by a 200 horse power engine.

The centrifugal pump was direct-connected to a vertical high-speed engine, and the coupling is shown at E in the elevation.

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