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Feasibility study of a bi-directional centrifugal pump for DBT class 45 CST gearbox used in underground coal mining operation

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by C Buckett, Mohammad RasulMohammad Rasul, Mohammad KhanMohammad Khan
This paper presents a feasibility study of using a bi-directional centrifugal pump into DBT’s Series 45 CST gearbox. The suitability of other pumps for cooling and the design of a new symmetrical centrifugal pump that would be suited to the series 45 CST gearbox have been reviewed with financial versus functionality and usability. The analysis and results of this study indicate that by introducing the newly designed bi-directional pump, DBT may save over $370k in production costs over 10 years. This equates to a savings of $1850 per gearbox which is about a 26% saving on the current set-up, and thus bi-directional pump is reasonably feasible.

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Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Start Page

1369

End Page

1373

Number of Pages

5

Start Date

2007-12-03

Finish Date

2007-12-07

ISBN-13

9781864998948

Location

Gold Coast, Qld.

Publisher

University of Queensland, School of Engineering

Place of Publication

Brisbane, Qld.

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health;

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Name of Conference

Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference

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