Big_oll Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 I need some help with an assignment,i need to describe the load charachteristics of a centrifugal pump using appropriate diagrams.Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllpppppppppppp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Ill ask my mnate tomorra. he got his BTEC ND in Electrical Engineering last year.I should know this though since i work on pumps and stuff at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 What you're looking for is called a pump characteristic.Briefly, assuming its being driven by a close to constant speed power source, as the pressure being pumped (the head) against increases, the flowrate drops off. As the head decreases, the flowrate increases, depending on the pump design it can be a pretty steep curve, to the point at which losing all head will cause the motor to burn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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