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Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

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Specific<br />

Spe<strong>ed</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

Modeling<br />

Laws<br />

Specific spe<strong>ed</strong> <strong>and</strong> suction specific spe<strong>ed</strong> are very useful parameters<br />

for engineers involv<strong>ed</strong> in centrifugal pump design <strong>and</strong>/or application. For<br />

the pump designer an intimate knowl<strong>ed</strong>ge of the function of specific<br />

spe<strong>ed</strong> is the only road to successful pump design. For the application or<br />

product engineer specific spe<strong>ed</strong> provides a useful means of evaluating<br />

various pump lines. For the user specific spe<strong>ed</strong> is a tool for use in comparing<br />

various pumps <strong>and</strong> selecting the most efficient <strong>and</strong> economical<br />

pumping equipment for his plant applications.<br />

A theoretical knowl<strong>ed</strong>ge of pump design <strong>and</strong> extensive experience in<br />

the application of pumps both indicate that the numerical values of specific<br />

spe<strong>ed</strong> are very critical. In fact, a detail<strong>ed</strong> study of specific spe<strong>ed</strong><br />

will lead to the necessary design parameters for all types of pumps.<br />

Definition of Pump Specific Spe<strong>ed</strong> <strong>and</strong> Suction Specific Spe<strong>ed</strong><br />

Pump specific spe<strong>ed</strong> (N s ) as it is appli<strong>ed</strong> to centrifugal pumps is defin<strong>ed</strong><br />

in U.S. units as:<br />

Specific spe<strong>ed</strong> is always calculat<strong>ed</strong> at the best efficiency point (BEP)<br />

with maximum impeller diameter <strong>and</strong> single stage only. As specific speea<br />

can be calculat<strong>ed</strong> in any consistent units, it is useful to convert the calculat<strong>ed</strong><br />

number to some other system of units. See Table 2-1. The suction specific<br />

spe<strong>ed</strong> (N ss ) is calculat<strong>ed</strong> by the same formula as pump specific spe<strong>ed</strong> (N s )<br />

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