3 Selection for Pumping Water This section applies mainly to pumping waters the particulari- ties of pump selection for other media ate weated in sections 4, Sand 6. 3A Pump Data 34d Pump Flow Rate “The pump flow rate or capacity Qis the useful volume of fluid Aelivered to the pump discharge nozzle in a unit time in m/s {Us and m'fa are also used in practice, & are GPM in the US) ‘The flow rate changes propor sionally to the pump speed of rotation, Leakage flow as well as the internal clearance flows are not consideced part of the pump flow rate 312 Developed Head and Developed Pressure of the Pump The total developed head H of a pump isthe wsefl mechani- cal energy in Non transferred by the pump to the flow, per ‘weight of fluid in N, expressed in NiwlN = m (alto used to be called “metres of fluid”). The head develops proportionally to the square ofthe impelier’s speed of rotation and is inde- pendent of the density @ of the ‘uid being pumped. A given centrifogal pump will impart the Tig the US, dhe covesponding uit ace fel, 6 1 foot head = 1 foot pound: fore pee pound mass the umerial value of head and specific work are iden 10 Flow Rate Head Efficiency Input same head H to various fluids (with the same kinematic viscos- ity ») regardless of their density (0. This statement applies to all centrifugal pumps, “The total developed head H. manifests itself according to Bernoulli's equation (see section 3.2.14) as ~ the pressure head Hy propor- tional to the pressure differ~ ence between discharge and suction nozzles of the pump, = the geodetic head 24 (Figs. 8 and 9}, i, the difference in height between discharge and suction nozzles of the pump and the difference ofthe kinetic energy head (vg?-vy/2g be tween the discharge and sue- tion nozzles of the pump. “The pressure vise Ap in the pump (considering the location ofthe pressure measurement caps according to section 7.3!) is determined solely by the pres: sure head Hp along with the fluid density ¢ according to the equation Ap = 0:8: [H-25,¢-(ve"ve)/28] o where © Density of the fluid being pumped in ke/m! & Gravitational constant 9.81 mis H1_ Total developed head of the pump in m 2a Height difference between pump discharge and suetion nozzles in m (sce Figs. 8 and 9) va Ap Flow velocity in the discharge Ueda? in m/s Flow velocity in the suction Qin? in m/s Flow rate of the pump at the respective nozzle in m'/s nozzle = nozzle = Inside diameter of the re- spective pump nozzle in m Pressute rise in Nim? (for ‘conversion to bar: 1 bar = 100000 Nim?) High-density fluids therefore increase the pressure rise and the pump discharge pressure, ‘The discharge pressure is the sum of the pressure rise and the inlet pressure and is limited by the steength of the pump casing. ‘The effect of temperature on the ‘pump’s strength limits must also bbe considered, 3a Efficiency and Input Power ‘The input power P of a pump (also called brake horsepower) is the mechanical power in KW or W taken by the shaft or coupling. Itis proportional to the third power of the speed of rotation and is given by one of the following equations: