Article #57:
NPSH and Developed Head
A
typical pump system is shown on a sketch below. A centrifugal pump delivers 200
gpm of water from an open tank. Using information on the sketch, answer the
following questions:
* What
is the available NPSH?
* What
pressure does a suction gage read?
* What
differential head this centrifugal pump is producing? What differential
pressure is it generating?
Those
who e-mail us the correct answers will be acknowledged in the solution section
of this problem in the next issue of PUMPS MAGAZINE.
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