GUIDE No. eRe ate na meets SUCTION CONNECTIONS esteeORa iim TO CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS esos 0005 Revd Page tot 1 AIR_POCKET FIG. 2 AIR POCKET AIR POCKET The above diagrams indicate correct & incorrect methods of attaching suction piping FIGURE NO. 1 shows an cir pocket which will be formed by using concentric reducers. FIGURE NO. 2 indicates the path of water where o side connection is made to suction nozzle of the pump. The water follows the largest radius of the elbow and tends to deliver more water on one side of the impeller thon the other, causing thrust. of 0 suction header which is larger than the suction nozzle of the pump. piping over an embankment of a reservoir or other obstruction. When on air pocket is formed, it will come over in slugs & reduce the capacity of the pump, or if the slug is sufficiently large, it moy cause the pump to lose water. heating of the thrust beoring and leading to the bearings burning out. EIGURE NO. indicates an cir pocket formed when the pump is placed on the horizontal centerline EIGURE NO_4 represents 0 common error made in suction piping to 0 centrifugal pump by placing With 0 condition like Figure No.2, with a side elbow there will alwoys be thrust trouble, causing undue 1 [70808 | ReAFFIRVED a 1SSUED AS GUDE sate he | 310800 | 1ssueD AS GUDE tk are 18, = saa ereckea} Sis. Comics |S. Baa eee | oes Purpose Convenor” | “Gharman by ‘Approved by Format No. FOOGOOT Fe Rano Ch Ei - Al igh Toseres