2.5 Install suction piping
1.
General - properly installed suction piping is of extreme importance for trouble-free centrifugal pump
operation.
a) The suction pipe should be as large or larger than the pump suction.
b) lncreasers, if used, should be eccentric and preferably at the pump suction flange, sloping side
down.
c)
A centrifugal pump should never be throttled on the suction side for capacity adjustment.
d) When more than one pump is operating from the same source of supply, separate suction
lines, if possible, should be used. If not possible for separate lines, piping arrangement as
shown in
2.5 Install suction piping
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