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HydraulicPumpPower
Theidealhydraulicpowertodriveapumpdependson
themassflowratethe
liquiddensity
thedifferentialheight

eitheritisthestaticliftfromoneheighttoanother,orthefrictionheadlosscomponentofthesystemandcanbecalculatedas
Ph(kW) =qgh/(3.6106)(1)
where
Ph(kW) =hydraulicpower(kW)
q=flowcapacity(m3/h)
=densityoffluid(kg/m3)
g=gravity(9.81m/s2)
h=differentialhead(m)
ThehydraulicHorsePowercanbecalculatedas:
Ph(hp) =Ph(kW) /0.746(2)
where
Ph(hp) =hydraulichorsepower(hp)

ExamplePowerpumpingWater
1m3/hofwaterispumpedaheadof10m.Thetheoreticalpumppowercanbecalculatedas
Ph(kW) =(1m3/h)(1000kg/m3)(9.81m/s2)(10m)/(3.6106)
=0.027kW

ShaftPumpPower
Theshaftpowerthepowerrequiredtransferredfromthemotortotheshaftofthepumpdependsontheefficiencyofthepumpandcanbecalculatedas
Ps(kW) =P

/(2)

h(kW)

where
Ps(kW) =shaftpower(kW)
=pumpefficiency

OnlinePumpCalculatorSIunits
Thecalculatorbelowcanusedtocalculatethehydraulicandshaftpowerofapump:
qflowcapacity(m3/h)

135
1000

densityoffluid(kg/m3)

9.81

ggravity(m/s2)

33

hdifferentialhead(m)

0.6

pumpefficiency

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OnlinePumpCalculatorImperialunits
ThecalculatorbelowcanusedtocalculatethehydraulicandshaftpowerofapumpusingImperialunits:

600

qflowcapacity(gpm)

62.4

densityoffluid(lb/ft 3)

32.174

ggravity(ft/s2)

110

hdifferentialhead(ft)

0.6

pumpefficiency

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Density,SpecificWeightandSpecificGravity

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