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Transient Experiments on a Prototype Pump with an Atypical Open Impeller for Different Discharge Valve Openings

Xiao Sun¹, Huifan Huang¹, Yuliang Zhang², Lianghuai Tong^3,*, Xiaowei Xu², Xiaoqi Jia⁴, Litao Ou⁵

1 School of Mechanical Engineering, Hunan University of Technology, Zhuzhou, 412007, China
2 College of Mechanical Engineering, Quzhou University, Quzhou, 324000, China
3 Quzhou Academy of Metrology and Quality Inspection, Quzhou, 324024, China
4 The Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab of Fluid Transmission Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China
5 Zhuzhou Nanfang Valve Co., Ltd., Zhuzhou, 412000, China

* Corresponding Author: Lianghuai Tong. Email: