Figure 18:
Figure 19:
Figure 20:
The velocity of the water approaching the pump suction pipe should be kept to a maximum of one foot
per second to avoid air being drawn into the pump. Pump suction inlet velocities and submergence (the
height of the water above the pump inlet) are two additional factors that must be considered. These fac-
tors vary so greatly with the size and capacities of the individual pumps and systems that past experi-
ence, or good reference, should be relied upon in arriving at these values.
2.7 Piping - suction
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