How To Read A Pump Curve – Part 1

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If a picture is worth a thousand words then a pump curve must be worth several thousand.

 Make no mistake, there’s a lot of information on a centrifugal pump curve like the one shown here.  It’s no wonder that many newly practicing engineers are a little intimated by them.

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NPSH Demystified: What Is It and Why Is IT So Critical?

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NPSH.  We know what it stands for—Net Positive Suction Head--but do we really know what it means?  Or why it’s so important?  More often than not, explanations of NPSH begin with confusing terminology and (even worse) confusing equations.  That’s not a good starting point.  The concept of NPSH is.
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