Cavitation Explained
Introduction Popping a bubble can be a pleasant experience and it is a great stress buster. But rotating equipment like a pump would totally disagree this though. Today, I am going to talk about this effect called Cavitation, various reasons for its occurrence and make sure you hang around till the end, I will give you 4 tips on how to control them so that you can consider applying this in your pump systems. Hello Everyone, this is Karthik, and welcome to the Pump Universe. Let’s Jump In Right away. Cavitation is a process of formation of vapour bubble, then its journey towards implosion and microjet formation. Let’s look at each phase in detail. Cavitation Phases: Phase 1 – Formation of vapour Vapour is formed by two different ways. First is by heating. For Eg: Let’s take the case of the water in a container. At room temperature. The watermolecules in the water have lower energy and moves slowly within the vessel. Whereas when the water is heated, its molecules a