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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