Peerless Pump Company
System Analysis
for Pumping
Equipment Selection
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Brochure B-4003Table of Contents
1 Introduction .
2 Centrifugal pumps .
Introduction
Fluids
Viscosity...
Specitic gravity.
Vapor pressure
Centrifugal pump preformance
The function of a pump
The developed head
Flow
Cavitation.
NPSH. ...
Specific speed
3 Pump characteristics ..... 7
Head-flow curve 7
Performance curves pen
Performance related to specific speed... 8
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Curve shape definition .
Drooping head........-.. :
Continuously rising head 8
Steep head........-. severe 10
Flat head ss.10
Discontinuous head .......2..e06006 10
Continuously increasing
horsepower -10
Peaking horsepower "
Discontinuous horsepower.......... 17
Pump affinity laws . eel
4 System characteristics .
Introduction
Classification of systems
Non-return system
Return systems...
‘Thermal exchange. ..
Removal/detivery ..
‘Thermal exchange applications ..... 13
Removal/delivery applications....... 13
Piping system design
Flow noise
Noise conduction
Pipe resonance
Water hammer
Pipe deterioration ..
Pipe friction ........cceeeeee
Viscosity conversion methods...
Friction formula variations
System head curves
‘System head components
Static head
Design working head
Friction head.
Total system head variables
Static head...
Design working head
Friction head...
Conclusion
5 System operation and control 19
Introduction
Total available head
Static head available.
Pump head
Total head available curve.........+6.6. 20
Control of system operation a1
Total system head alteration............ 21
Valve bypassing ar
Valve throttling ........eceeeeeeeeee 22
Total available head alteration 22
Change of impeller diameter ........ 22
In series pumping Bonen ca
In parallel pumping. ......+..+.0..+.28
‘Changing pump speed. 23,
‘System sensing — variable
speed pumps 24
Functions ...... 24
Types... 24
Location : see 24
Effect of system sensing ............ 24
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Sensing multiple branch systems... 26
Conclusion costes 26
6 Total System Evaluation® 28
Introduction .. cestveeeeteeeses 28
Load profile ........... 28
Variable available head . 29
Determining power requirements ....... 29
Equal size...........5 1228
Unequal size ......sseeeeeeeeereeeee 29
Projecting pump horsepower
Constant speed .....
Variable speed ......
Special considerations...
Equipment power comparisons .
Constant speed ...
Variable speed
Total energy projection
Conclusion