Content: Pump types and factors that influence efficiency such as surface roughness, internal pump clearances and different types of pumpage, (graphs portray the relationship of pump efficiency versus different parameters), special impeller designs, such as those intended to increase suction specific speed or provide a specific curve shape can reduce the attainable efficiency, thrust balance devices as well as an example on how to attain efficiency of a solids handling submersible sewage pump.
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Who Should Buy This Standard: For pump specifiers who must estimate pump performance, this standard serves assessment guide for pump efficiency. Pump end users and engineering consulting firms can use the standard as a guide to determine how efficiency was predicted for pumps.