CENTRIFUGAL PUMP WITH AN ANNULAR SHROUD

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP89/00604 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 13, 1990 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 13, 1990 PCT Filed May 30, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO89/12755 PCT Pub. Date Dec. 28, 1989.A centrifugal pump has a housing which defines an annular chamber disposed downstream of the impeller and surrounding the shaft seal. The chamber receives a hollow cylindrical or frustoconical shroud which surrounds the shaft seal with spacing and protects it from solid particles in the conveyed fluid. A non-contact type annular seal between the impeller and the housing surrounds the shroud.