Magdy Aly

Senior Process Engineer and Energy manager.

Centrifugal pumps Troubleshooting

March 5, 2016 • 624 Views • 33 Likes • 10 Comments

Background:

The centrifugal pump is the most used pump type in the world. The principle is
simple, well-described and thoroughly tested, and the pump is robust, effective and
relatively inexpensive to produce.

There is a wide range of variations based on the principle of the centrifugal pump
and consisting of the same basic hydraulic parts.

The centrifugal pump creates an increase in pressure by transferring mechanical

energy from the motor to the fluid through the rotating impeller. The fluid flows
from the inlet to the impeller center and out along its blades.

The centrifugal force hereby increases the fluid velocity and consequently also the
kinetic energy is transformed to pressure.
Centrifugal pumps Troubleshooting

In the industry there are five common problems related to process side that can be
summarized as:

No liquid delivery

Low Liquid flow rate

Intermittent operation

Low Discharge pressure

Excessive Power demand

In the following tables we will discuss the common reasons and the proposed
solution for each one of them that can help in troubleshooting the cause of the
problem:
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Senior Process Engineer and Energy manager.

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SAMI ULLAH KHAN

Process Operator at Agritech Ltd

This article is very intrestable for me sir and i am very happy to read about centrifugl pump.
sir you are very nice and nice man you always happy happy in each moment.

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Magdy Aly
Senior Process Engineer and Energy manager.

Thanks Mr. SAMI ULLAH KHAN, I am glad that you found it useful.

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Kapil S Deo
Officer Project Pump at KSB Pumps Limited

Dear Sir any how its nice information exchange by you. Thanks a lot for that.Please share
some nice articles about the practical things you experienced about the pump and piping
in relavance with the theoretical concepts. Thank you.

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Magdy Aly
Senior Process Engineer and Energy manager.

Dear Mr. Kapil S Deo, you are welcome and I noted your comment for the
future articles.

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