hmmm does sound like the workings of an over-tightened Packing or incorrect assembly of the packing as well, we find this a common problem with maintenance staff of our clients when they send their pumps in for us to repair. Other than that I cant think of anything else if the pump was designed...
To answer the question, yes you do divide the total flow by # pump sets you wish to have running in parallel at once. However 25% seems a bit excessive, but if it is a command from higher ups who are we to say nay :P.. ~10% Like BigInch said should be good enough.
and a small useless note: when...
Thanks for the replies. The Info is very helpfull :D
Nice to see someone drinking water at work instead of the usual coffee.. hhmm water? oohh eerr! yeah sure, this some gooood "water" he he he
Hi there, I have been researching this for some time now since the company i work for only recently stepped into the realm of the Axial flow pump and i was the lucky one to be given the task of theory gathering lol. BUT All the books and papers I have gone through use example of curved blades...