Parallel Pumping with Optimized Impeller Pumps Part 1: Essential Fundamentals

Parallel Pumping with Optimized Impeller Pumps Part 1: Essential Fundamentals

Our last series taught us that pumps with untrimmed impellers and variable frequency drives (i.e., optimized impeller pumps) can often exceed design head and flows without penalty. Now, we're really going to blow your mind. Did you know…

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Parallel Pumping in Condenser Applications: Part 5 of 5

Parallel Pumping in Condenser Applications: Part 5 of 5

Over the last few weeks the we’ve looked at pumping issues with multiple condensers and pumps.  We have received questions about the topic, including these two:

Why do I need cooling tower outlet On-Off valves if I have an equalizing line?

Why do we see outlet On-Off valves on almost all jobs in North Carolina and only half the jobs in Michigan and Northern Ohio?

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Parallel Pumping in Condenser Applications: Part 2 of 5

Parallel Pumping in Condenser Applications: Part 2 of 5

In Part 1 of this series we offered an example of a condenser water pumping system with 800 GPM per condenser for a total of 1600 GPM with the third condenser serving as standby. The tower elevation or lift is 10 feet, the condenser (with the 2-way valve and balance valve) has 20 feet of pressure drop, and the common piping with any safety factor has 30 feet of pressure drop. But there was a problem....

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