3 Hydraulic Aspects of Pump Selection

3.3
Pump Selection 
  
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3.3.1 

Hydraulic Aspects  
H

The data required for selecting


a pump size, i.e. the flow rate Q

(EAD
)MPELLER
MM
and the head H of the desired
 
operating point are assumed

to be known from the system  
 
characteristic curve; the electric 

    MH   
mains frequency is also given.    ,S  

With these values it is possible  

to choose the pump size, the

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speed of rotation and, if neces M

sary, the number of stages, from 

the selection chart in the sales


literature (see Figs. 17 and 19). 

Further details of the chosen K7

pump such as the efficiency , 

the input power P, the required


NPSHr (see section 3.5.4) and
0OWER



the reduced impeller diameter 


Dr can then be determined from 


Fig. 18: Complete characteristics     MH   
&LOWRATE
of a centrifugal pump

100
10
9 7
H 8 10 6
m 7 5
9
6 8
50 7 4 4
5
40 6
4 3 3
5
30
3 4
2 2
20 3
2
2

10

Pump size 1 Pump size 2 Pump size 3 Pump size 4

6
1 2 3 4 5 10 Q m3/h 20 30
0.3 0.4 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 Q l/s

Fig. 19: Selection chart for a multistage pump series for n = 2900 rpm

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