Turbine pump assemblies and methods of making the same are provided. The assemblies include a body, a centrifugal pump having a shroud located within the body, a shroud cavity formed external to the shroud, and an ejector pump fluidly connected to the shroud cavity by a purge gas flow path, the ejector pump configured to reduce a pressure within the shroud cavity.


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    Title :

    Turbine pump assembly with vacuum purged centrifugal impeller shrouds


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-03-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    F04D Strömungsarbeitsmaschinen , NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS / B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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