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bilge pump as propulsion
does having the outlet above the water line really increase the efficiency?
All the jet boats I''ve seen have the outlet below the waterline, but i could be wrong... is this what all the RC boat builders do? Ill have to have a beer or two before i try to get my head around the numbers, but thanks for the information! Shaun "Doug J" wrote in message ups.com... The following was posted by Cliff on the psubs.org group. Personal submarine and ROV builders consider bilge pumps frequently. They are often used in ROV's because they are easy, but bilge pumps or jet propulsion is rarely used in Subs because they are inefficient. If you do go with a pump, be sure to place the discharge just above the water line to increase the efficiently. --Doug www.submarineboat.com Below is a derivation of thrust that can be developed from a axial flow pump in terms of volumetric flowrate. The thrust due to accelerating fluid through a pump can be written as F=M(V1-V0) Where M is the mass flow rate, V0 is the free stream velocity upstream of the pump and V1 is the velocity exiting the pump. But the mass flow rate M can be related to the volumetric flow rate Q as M=Density*Q Substituting, the thrust in terms of volumetric flow rate is F=Density*Q(V1-V0) But the volumetric flow rate Q is related to velocity in the pump duct ID as Q=V1*A=V1*Pi*D^2/4 Where D is the duct ID. Solving for V1, and substituting, the thrust can be written as F=Density*Q(Q/(Pi*D^2)-V0) For a thruster oriented approximately normal to the direction of flow, the inlet velocity can be assumed to be zero. The thrust then reduces to F = 4*Density*Q^2/(Pi*D^2) Or F= 0.001766*(q/d)^2 for freshwater where, F = Thrust, lbf q = pump volumetric flow rate in gpm d = pump outlet duct inside diameter in inches As an example, a pump with a capacity of 200 gpm flowing through a 2" duct would develop 17.7 lbf of thrust. |
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