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Negative pressure for a pump
Hi there, Could someone explain to me what a negative pressure means for a pump TDH? I am using a pump in a gravity feed slurry line, to increase the flow rate of the slurry. After taking into account all the head loss in the system, I ended up with a negative total delivery head for the pump. I...- 5303
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- Forum: Pump engineering
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Negative pressure head
Can somebody explain to me what negative pressure head means for a centrifugal pump? I had to design a centrifugal pump to increase the flow rate in a gravity feed slurry line, and ended up with a pump that must develop a total pressure head of -12 m.- 5303
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- Forum: Pipelines, Piping and Fluid Mechanics engineering
