PAYMENT
UNIT – V
CENTRIFUGAL-PUMPS: PUMP INSTALLATION
DETAILS-CLASSIFICATION-WORK DONEMANOMETRIC HEAD-MINIMUM STARTING SPEEDLOSSES AND EFFICIENCIES-SPECIFIC
SPEED, MULTISTAGE PUMPS-PUMPS IN
PARALLEL- PERFORMANCE OF
PUMPSCHARACTERISTIC
CURVES- NPSH-CAVITATION.
CLASSIFICATION OF HYDROPOWER PLANTS –
DEFINITION OF TERMS – LOAD FACTOR,
UTILIZATION FACTOR, CAPACITY FACTOR,
ESTIMATION OF HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL.