Saturday, May 31, 2008

TIPS : Estimate Pump Head Base on Impeller Size & Pump Speed

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A process plant is in debottlenecking phase and a pump is expected to be changed out. A datasheet submitted by pump vendor and stated the impeller size is 295mm with pump head of 120m as requested. The pump speed is expected to be high speed pump with 2950 rpm. Do you think this impeller can deliver the head ?

An short-cut equation is derived from velocity and head can be used to check if the pump head is good.

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Base on above equation, impeller size of 295mm, pump speed of 2950 rpm, and k normally is about 85%, the calculated pump head is about 90m (less than 120 m). It imply that the pump head may be over-estimated. Thus, a quick verification with pump vendor shall be done.


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