[AR] Re: Electric driven Turbo Pumps
- From: Norman Yarvin <yarvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 18:49:13 -0500
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 03:03:40PM -0500, Brian Feeney wrote:
Would a piston pump reduce or eliminate the problem of cavitation one can
get with a turbine?
My guess is that it'd increase it: with turbopumps the flow is
continuous, while with piston pumps it starts and stops as valves open
and close. Overcoming that inertia will cost some pressure.
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