INPUT DATA

Pump speed 3570 RPM

Pump head/stage 301 ft
Impeller BEP flow 1167 USGPM ✘ Double Suction Impeller
Impeller mean streamline blade inlet angle 21.0 deg Axial suction inlet
Impeller mean inlet tip thickness 0.20 in
Impeller blade number 5
Impeller inlet hub diameter d0 3.45 in
Impeller inlet eye diameter d1 4.90 in
NPSH target at BEP flow 17.00 ft

60
Bradshaw
method
50 Gülich Method
NPSHR (f)

6.3.3
BEP flow
40 Shockless flow

30

20

10

0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
Pump Flowrate (USGPM)

Cm1 (Ve1) 19.7 ft/s

Cu1 0.0 ft/s
W1 79 ft/s
U1 76.3 ft/s
Blade blockage 1.22
Impeller shockless flowrate 1421 USGPM
Pump specific speed US method 1688
Pump specific speed EU method 1193
Pump suction specific speed 10300

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 For data points copy and paste the shaded data Guelich method from 6.3.3 in his book
Note that Qsa is simplified to = Qsf. This is pessemistic
A1 0.1051612
Bradshaw method λw 0.0918148 Derived from target NPSHr
Flow NPSH Flow NPSH β1'
1.3 1848 45.49 1.3 1848 48.96
1.2 1705 35.78 1.2 1705 38.51
1.1 1563 27.56 1.1 1563 29.66
1.05 1492 23.97 1.05 1492 25.80
QSF 1421 20.70 QSF 1421 22.28 21
QBEP 1167 17.00 QBEP 1167 17.00 17.5
Qrecirc Err:504 Err:504 QR 1144 16.55 17.2
QR Err:504 Err:504 QR 1121 16.12 16.8
QR Err:504 Err:504 QR 1086 15.49 16.4
QR Err:504 Err:504 QR 915 12.53 13.9
QR Err:504 Err:504 QR 686 9.09 10.5
QR Err:504 Err:504 QR 457 6.17 7.0
QR Err:504 Err:504 QR 229 3.60 3.5
Qo 0 Err:504

Fraser suction recircirc flow Err:504 USGPM

Inlet angle #NAME?
Fraser Ve/U1 for 30 deg & under #NAME?
Fraser Ve/U1 for over 30 deg #NAME? 1
Ve/U1 Err:504 10 0.09
15 0.135
20 0.162
Is double suction impeller 1 25 0.175
2 30 0.18
Is axial inlet 0 35 0.227
λc 1.35 40 0.29

BEP 1167 0
1167 48.96
Shockless 1421 0
1421 48.96

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sf. This is pessemistic

om target NPSHr
cm1 λw W1

24.0 0.103 80.01

19.7
19.3 0.091 78.73
18.9 0.090 78.64
18.3 0.088 78.50
15.4 0.080 77.87
11.6 0.068 77.20
7.7 0.054 76.72
3.9 0.036 76.43

0.35 Fraser Ve/U1 vs inlet angle

Ve/u1

0.3
f(x) = 0.00032x^2 - 0.0114x + 0.234
0.25
0.09 0.2
0.135 f(x) = 6.66666666666683E-06x^3
0.15 - 0.0006685714x^2 + 0.0225761905x - 0.0756
0.162 0.1
0.175
0.05
0.18
0.227
0
10 15 20 25 30 35 40
0.29 Inlet angle β1

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