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Derating of centrifugal slurry pumps

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catt

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55% (by mass) slurry with solids sg of 3 and fluid sg of 1.2 (overall density of 1800 kg/m3). In determining the ER and HR using the Warman catalogue, can the value of S (solids sg) be reduced by 3/1.2 to reduce the effect of ER / HR?
 
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