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How it can be decided that sump transfer required centrifugal pump or reciprocating pump?

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Question added by Faizan Ahmed , plant operator , kannup
Date Posted: 2017/09/05
Adnan Aslam
by Adnan Aslam , Plant Integrity & Compliance Engineer , Jubail O&M Company Limited

Well it would depend primarily on the type of sump you are planning to transfer and the desired flow rates, for viscous fluids and low flow rates you would use reciprocating pumps whereas for less viscous fluids and high flow rate, you would use centrifugal pump.

 

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