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<strong>Pump</strong> <strong>Selection</strong><br />

• The smallest, least expensive, most<br />

efficient pump is an overhung pump<br />

(vertical inline, or horizontal overhung)<br />

running at 3600 rpm<br />

- higher speed = smaller diameter for same head<br />

- higher speed = higher Ns = higher efficiency<br />

- smaller diameter = smaller casing size = less $<br />

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