#How are the head and height of a centrifugal pump calculated?
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The tower is 100 meters tall, and the flow rate is approximately 200 cubic meters per hour. What head or what weight in kilograms is required for the centrifugal pump? How is this calculated? Please advise, experts! ! !
What about the pipe diameter? Fluid density, viscosity?
The pipe losses along the way also need to be taken into account. How many elbows?
Fluid transport chapter in Principles of Chemical Engineering: Bernoulli’s equation. In addition to increasing the height difference, resistance losses, velocity head, and outlet pressure must also be taken into account
It is necessary to determine how many meters of horizontal distance there are, as well as the number of bends, valves, tees, etc. Only after having all this information can an approximate calculation be made. An horizontal distance of 8 meters is equivalent to 1 meter of head; for vertical distances, 1 meter also equals 1 meter of head. For elbows, valves, tees, etc., 3 units are counted as 1 meter of head.
Is the column a atmospheric pressure column or a high-pressure column, and what is the column pressure? The calculation is carried out according to Bernoulli’s equation
The original poster is missing quite a few parameters, so it’s not possible to calculate exact figures; based on experience, the head of this pump should be between 150 and 180.