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Analyzing Pump Networks, Part 2: Improving Pump Efficiency

This three-part series reviews the basic theory of pump hydraulics and gives practical tips on how to design, operate, control, and troubleshoot pumping systems in complex applications. Part 1 (CEP, Jan. 2018, pp. 34-42) covered constructing the system curve from plant data, constructing...

Using Dimensional Analysis with Educated Guessing

Use dimensional analysis to reduce the number of experiments or simulations that need to be performed, to get physical insight from empirical relationships, to present data in a meaningful way, and to estimate the reliability of data for extrapolation purposes. ...

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