Course Name: FLUID MECHANICS-II

Course Code: CH-211

Course Teacher: Engr. Ahmed Ullah
Department: Chemical Engineering
 Lecture-2 Topics

• Pump Performance Curves

• Best Efficiency Point (BEP)
• Pump Scaling Laws
• Configuration of Pumps
• Cavitation
Performance Curve of Rotary
Displacement Pump
Performance Curve for a Centrifugal
Pump
Construction of Performance
Curve for a Centrifugal Pump
 Capacity Total
(gal/min) Head (ft)
0 165
500 160
1000 150
Centrifugal Pump's Performance Curve 1500 130
180 165 2000 85
160
160 150 2350 0
140 130
120
Total Head (ft)

100 85
80
60
40
20
0
0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Capacity (gal/min)
Best Efficiency Point (BEP)
for a Centrifugal Pump
Pump’s Scaling Laws
Characteristics Curves Chart for
a Centrifugal Pump
 Pump Scaling Laws:
With respect to Impeller Speed
 Pump Scaling Laws:
With Respect to Impeller Diameter
 Numerical
Assume that the pump for which the
performance data are plotted previously was
operating at a rotational speed of 1750 rpm
and that the impeller diameter was 13 in. First
determine the head that would result in a
capacity of 1500 gal/min and the power
required to drive the pump. Then compute the
performance at a speed of 1250 rpm
Solution
When the speed is changed to 1250 rpm, the new
performance can be computed using affinity laws

Analysis:
•Significant decrease in power to run the pump
•Large savings in energy costs can be obtained by varying
speed of pump if capacity and head are adequate
Configuration
of Pumps
Pumps in Series
Arrangement
Pumps in Parallel
Arrangement
Specific Speed
 Specific Speed
The speed of an ideal pump geometrically
similar to the actual pump, which when running
at this speed will raise a unit of volume, in a unit
of time through a unit of head.

Formula
N = the speed of the pump
Q = the flow rate
H = the total head
 Usefulness of Specific Speed
•To select the shape of the pump’s curve
•To determine the efficiency of the pump

•To predict N.P.S.H. requirements using Suction Specific

Speed
•To select the lowest cost pump
Cavitation