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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Rafael Adolfo Lastra Melo, Dhahran, SA;
Chidirim Enoch Ejim, Dammam, SA;
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 15/00 (2006.01); F04D 1/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/22 (2006.01); F04D 29/46 (2006.01); F04D 13/10 (2006.01); F04D 29/02 (2006.01); F04D 29/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 15/0038 (2013.01); F04D 1/06 (2013.01); F04D 13/10 (2013.01); F04D 29/026 (2013.01); F04D 29/2272 (2013.01); F04D 29/247 (2013.01); F04D 29/466 (2013.01); F04D 29/468 (2013.01); F05D 2260/407 (2013.01); F05D 2300/505 (2013.01); F05D 2300/507 (2013.01);
Abstract
A centrifugal pump with adaptive pump stages includes an impeller configured to provide kinetic energy to fluid flow through the pump. The impeller has multiple geometric dimensions. The pump includes a diffuser connected to the impeller that is configured to convert the kinetic energy provided by the impeller into static pressure energy to flow the fluid through the pump. The pump includes an adaptive material attached to the impeller that is configured to modify, during operation of the pump, a geometric dimension to modify fluid flow through the pump.