Right Pump Application
Right Pump Application
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Hello dear members
I am designing a water system for a hospital. Below is the data :
Pump-1 draws water from city line and dump water into two underground tanks. City water pressure is very low, that is why a pump is required to pull water from city line and pump it to underground tanks.
Pump-2 draws water from underground tanks to an elevated (25-m high) elevated tanks
The questions is should I use booster pump package or simple end suction pumps?
What is the right application? Please advise !!!
I am designing a water system for a hospital. Below is the data :
Pump-1 draws water from city line and dump water into two underground tanks. City water pressure is very low, that is why a pump is required to pull water from city line and pump it to underground tanks.
Pump-2 draws water from underground tanks to an elevated (25-m high) elevated tanks
The questions is should I use booster pump package or simple end suction pumps?
What is the right application? Please advise !!!





RE: Right Pump Application
RE: Right Pump Application
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)
RE: Right Pump Application
However, as Artisi points out, additional questions will need to be addressed.
If the city water supply has inadequate pressure/flow, you may overpump the city's water supply.
- This may cause cavitation of your new water pump leading to premature failure of the pump; and/or
- Contaminant your water supply by pulling in contaminants from ground water surronding the city's buried water supply pipeline; and
- Possibly collapse the city water main.
You probably should contact the city public works engineer and obtain guidance from him on how to proceed.If you a a booster pump system, you probably do not need the elevated tank for the normal water supply, unless the tank is for fire water supply.