PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pozovnyi, Oleksandr
AU  - Zahorulko, Andriy
AU  - Krmela, Jan
AU  - Artyukhov, Artem
AU  - Krmelová, Vladimíra
TI  - Calculation of the Characteristics of the Multi-gap Seal of the Centrifugal Pump, in Depend-ence on the Chambers' Sizes
DP  - 2020 Sep 7
TA  - Manufacturing Technology Journal
PG  - 361--367
VI  - 20
IP  - 3
AID - 10.21062/mft.2020.048
IS  - 12132489
AB  - The paper presents the results of an experimental research and a numerical calculation of a multi-gap seal of a centrifugal pump. The experimental research allowed to obtain the characteristics? performance of the multi-gap seal at different operating modes, in dependence on the axial size of the chambers, pressure distributions? changes, and a leakage from the seal. Using finite volume methods, values of radial hydrostatic forces, pressure distribu-tions and leakage values were obtained. The results of the numerical calculation were compared with the results of the experiment, which showed that they matched.