Centrifugal Impeller and blade shapes

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Centrifugal impellers exhibit distinct blade shapes that influence their performance characteristics. Backward curved blades feature an outlet blade angle of less than 90 degrees, while radial blades have an outlet angle of exactly 90 degrees, and forward curved blades exceed 90 degrees. The inlet blade angle is directly related to the outlet blade angle, particularly for radial blades where both angles equal 90 degrees. The inlet velocity triangle remains consistent for radial and forward vanes because it is determined prior to the addition of angular momentum by the impeller.

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  • Understanding of centrifugal pump design principles
  • Familiarity with blade angle terminology in fluid dynamics
  • Knowledge of velocity triangles in fluid mechanics
  • Basic concepts of angular momentum in fluid flow
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According to my lecture notes, for centrifugal impellers

Backward curved blades have a outlet blade angle of less than 90,
radial blades have curved blades have a outlet blade angle of 90,
Forward curved blades have a outlet blade angle of more than 90.

As such i have 2 questions

1) does the inlet blade angle have any relationship with outlet blade angles?
Example, for a radial blade, inlet blade angle = outletblade angle = 90 degrees?

2) What does it mean that the inlet velocity triangle remains the same for radial and forward vanes?
How can they be the same when there is a centrifugal impeller adding angular momentum into the fluid?
 
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1. The blade must curve without sharp changes in flow direction. That relates the inlet to outlet angle.
2. The inlet velocity triangle is ahead of the impeller so is unaffected by momentum to be added later.
 

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