Can a self-priming pump suffer from cavitation?
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Centrifugal pumps can suffer from cavitation, while self-priming pumps are positive displacement pumps – does cavitation apply to them as well? Currently, a interlock system is used to stop the pump when the liquid level drops; these are buried tanks. If the pump isn’t prone to cavitation, then such an interlock system would be pointless!
Cavitation can occur in any fluid machinery; it happens when there is a mismatch between temperature and pressure.
Could it be a mechanical pump? So that means the interlock shutdown of the pump due to low liquid level has to be activated
Sure, any centrifugal type will do
Yes, pumps with impellers can experience cavitation when the inlet flow rate is insufficient or the flow velocity is too high.