CENTRIFUGAL PUMP PERFORMANCE CURVES

Discussion and Conclusion The following experiment showed the gage reading at an increasing pressure as well as decreasing pressure. It showed that at a low speed, centrifugal pump can operate as a turbine at different flow rates. As seen on the dye lab, for laminar flow requires less volume on the pump at a longer time. The pump is connected to the piping system through its inlet and outlet flanges. However, the results vary with respect to time and volume, as the power required by the pump is directly proportional to the speed. Since the pump was in a serial connection, it didnt cause any resistance to the system. The measured values for increasing pressure differ depending on the mass added to the piston. For the first reading 500 grams is added to the piston, and there is a 20% increases on the gage reading. After the first mass added, the rest of the masses increased by 1 kilo, and the reading on the gage increased as well. This is a reasonable agreement. However, is not always possible to obtain the right performance as the pump depends on other methods such as the throttle regulation, start, and stop regulation (this is mostly due to an exact time where the pump starts and stops), and the regulation of speed. Conclusion After performing the experiment the following conclusions were derived: Pumps with nearly the same speed may have different ratios and flow rate ratios, because one pump will operate more mechanical efficiency than the other. The gage reading tend to be steadier when increasing the mass, this is because the flow becomes more laminar, as compared to the decreasing pressure.