The invention includes three flushing channels each having a flushing channel longitudinal axis oriented parallel to the rotary shaft, which are distributed evenly around a rotary shaft with each flushing channels including a flushing channel cross-section oriented orthogonally to the rotary shaft. The cross-sections are each kidney-shaped and surround the rotary shaft in sectors.

A multistage centrifugal pump for conveying a fluid includes a pump housing with an inlet to receive the fluid and an outlet to discharge the fluid, a first stage impeller and a last stage impeller to convey the fluid from the inlet to the outlet, a shaft to rotate the first stage impeller and the last stage impeller about an axial direction, a suction chamber arranged upstream of the first stage impeller and in fluid communication with the inlet, a recirculation path for the fluid including a return opening and extending from the return opening to the suction chamber, the return opening located at or in the flow path downstream of the first stage impeller and upstream of the last stage impeller, and a flow control rod disposed in the recirculation path, the flow control rod to adjust a recirculation flow through the recirculation path into the suction chamber.

An integrated flow source is a limiting factor in numerous microfluidic applications. In addition to precise gradients and controlling molecular transports, a built-in source of stable and accurate flow can enable novel shear stress modulations for long-term cell culturing studies. The Tesla turbine, when used as a pump on the microfluidic regime, produces stable and accurate fluid gradients by utilizing laminar flow between its rotating discs Utilizing a stereolithography based 3D printer, a tesla pump (Ø10 cm) and associated housing capable of driving a microfluidic gradient is provided having a printed rotor surface topology of the pump in order to enhance pumping of biological fluids like blood at elevated viscosities. The surface topology is tuned via 3D pixilation, and this modulation completely recovered the pressure loss between pumping water at 1 cP versus glycerol solution at 3 cP. As a result, increased fluid viscosities, and even Non-Newtonian viscosities, can be used.

A pump includes an axial inducer. The axial inducer includes a housing that has an internal surface that defines an axial fluid passage. A rotor is disposed about a central axis in the fluid passage. The rotor includes at least one blade that defines at least one blade tip. The internal surface of the housing defines a plurality of grooves adjacent the at least one blade tip. The grooves are elongated in a circumferential direction.

A novel mechanism for reducing boundary layer friction and inhibiting the effects of uncontrolled fluid turbulence and turbulent layer separation, thus reducing the body drag, kinetic energy losses and lowering engine and pump fuel consumption is proposed. It steps on the type of turbulence observed in the so-called in fluid dynamics “drag crisis”. Plurality of device shapes and plurality of devices producing the wanted pure form of even plurality of counter-rotating vortices extending into the flow, i.e. tubes, are presented and discussed in detail, contrasting with the prior art. Configurations of multiple devices for the purposes of drag and fuel reduction, including their simulations and experimental results are put forward. Additional embodiments of the resulting tubes disclose use on aircraft or vessel control surfaces as stall inhibitors, use in wind turbines as dynamic range extenders, as well as use in turbines in efficient cooling mechanisms.

An impeller includes a shroud including an inlet, a hub facing the shroud; and a plurality of blades disposed between the hub and the shroud and arranged circumferential direction along a circumference of the inlet. Wherein each of the plurality of blades has a slot which is positioned adjacent to the inlet.

Disclosed is a permanent magnet direct-drive slurry pump based on gas film drag reduction, which includes a permanent magnet motor, a main shaft, an impeller, and a valve block. The permanent magnet motor includes a housing, a stator core, stator windings, a rotor core, and a permanent magnet. The rotor core and the impeller share the main shaft, and an airflow channel is provided inside the main shaft. The impeller includes a front cover plate, a back cover plate, and blades. The blades are modularly manufactured, and blade gas jet holes and hemispherical pits are provided on the pressure surface. The airflow channel in the main shaft is communicated with the blade gas-jet holes. The valve block is disposed at the tail end of the main shaft so as to control gas exhaust and prevent liquid from entering the shaft. The present invention has such advantages as a small size, high efficiency, and strong wear resistance.

A pump assembly includes multiple impeller stages, each impeller stage including at least one impeller vane. At least one impeller stage includes at least one impeller vane with at least one perforation disposed therethrough.

An integrated flow source is a limiting factor in numerous microfluidic applications. In addition to precise gradients and controlling molecular transports, a built-in source of stable and accurate flow can enable novel shear stress modulations for long-term cell culturing studies. The Tesla turbine, when used as a pump on the microfluidic regime, produces stable and accurate fluid gradients by utilizing laminar flow between its rotating discs Utilizing a stereolithography based 3D printer, a tesla pump (Ø10 cm) and associated housing capable of driving a microfluidic gradient is provided having a printed rotor surface topology of the pump in order to enhance pumping of biological fluids like blood at elevated viscosities. The surface topology is tuned via 3D pixilation, and this modulation completely recovered the pressure loss between pumping water at 1 cP versus glycerol solution at 3 cP. As a result, increased fluid viscosities, and even Non-Newtonian viscosities, can be used.

An impeller includes a shroud including an inlet, a hub facing the shroud, and a plurality of blades disposed between the hub and the shroud and arranged circumferential direction along a circumference of the inlet. Each of the plurality of blades has a slot which is positioned adjacent to the inlet.