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Re: What causes moving liquid to heat up in a return line?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 6/8/2020 3 Replies

Hi Rob, say a 3" diameter blade turning 25000RPM in this case, here is the calculation:

3" x 3.14 x 25000RPM x 60min/1hr x1ft/12" x 1mi/5280' = 223mi/hr at the tips of the blades

Now if you want go even further, calculate the area of the blades and use som... Login to read more.

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