Vacuum Pumps
Vacuum pumps can be modeled in FluidFlow. Figure 1 gives an example of the performance data for a vacuum pump as supplied from a vendor.
Figure 1: Vendor Vacuum Pump Performance Data.
Figures 2 and 3 show this data defined in FluidFlow. You can see in Figure 2 that the Volume Flow Conditions are set to STP as Figure 1 shows this data highlighted in yellow at the bottom (15 deg C and 1 atm).
Figure 2: Vendor Vacuum Pump Performance Data.
Figure 3 shows the performance curve co-ordinates defined in the software based on the 50 Hz performance curve as seen in Figure 1.
Figure 3: Vendor Vacuum Pump Performance Data.
Based on the above defined data, this vacuum pump is now ready to be modeled in a system.
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