Assessment of a Neural-Network-Based Optimization Tool: A Low Specific-Speed Impeller Application

Table 1

Degrees of freedom and their influence on pump's performance.

	𝑏2	𝛽2	𝛽1	𝛽𝑚	𝑚𝑚	𝑟LE	𝛾LE	𝑥4𝐻	𝑥4𝑇	𝑟5𝐻	𝑟5𝑇
𝐻𝑡; 𝑁𝑠	✓	✓		✓	✓
𝑁𝑃𝑆𝐻𝑅		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
BEP at DP	✓	✓	✓
𝜂𝑡𝑡	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓