Air Entrainment – A distant cousin of Cavitation
Air Entrainment – A distant cousin of Cavitation Imagine that you are stuck in a locked room, wanting to go out but there is no escape. How much torture would that be for you? That is the amount of torture that the liquid experiences when air or vapor gets entrapped in a pump system. Let us discuss about Airlock, how it occurs in the pump system, what are its causes and effects and 4 tips on how to control them, so that you can consider applying them in your pump system rightaway. An air lock or a vapour lock is a restriction or complete stoppage of liquid flow caused by air trapped in pump inlet This is because the centrifugal effect imparted by the impeller vanes onto the liquid causes the air or gas to separate from the liquid. The eye of an impeller is an area of low pressure, which is essential for air/gas accumulation. Eventually, the gases increases so much that air/gas bubble volume , preventing the liquid from entering the impeller. This leads to serious perform