Appendix

C
Viscosity Corrected Pump
Performance
The following is a report from PUMPCALC software comparing the
water performance against the viscous performance of a centrifugal
pump. Graphic plots of comparison are shown in Fig. C.1.
PUMPCALCCentrifugal Pump Analysis Program (www.systek.us)
Water performance Viscous performance
SpGrav: 1.00 SpGrav: 0.985
Viscosity: 1.00 cSt Viscosity: 850.00 SSU
Flow Flow
rate Head Efficiency BHP rate Head Efficiency BHP
456 113.8 72.98 17.96 433.6 109.35 48.64 24.25
608 107.65 80.21 20.61 578.14 101.63 53.46 27.34
760 99.28 82.01 23.23 722.67 92.4 54.66 30.39
912 84.6 78.96 24.67 867.2 76.45 52.63 31.33
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Head-(ft) Specific gravity: .985 Viscosity: 850 SSU
Pump data file: PUMPXYZ.PMP
Visc. head
Visc. EFF
EFF
Visc. BHP
BHP
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Flow rate-(gal/min)
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Figure C.1 Water and viscous pump performance.