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Standard Operating Procedure - Ultrafiltration - Department of ...

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Pump Safety NoticeIt is unsafe to operate a centrifugal pump when both the suction and dischargeports are closed <strong>of</strong>f by valves at the same time. Such circumstances can result inthe disintegration <strong>of</strong> the pump housing.This phenomenon is fully appreciated in the engineering pr<strong>of</strong>ession and stated inthe pump literature. When a pump operates with closed valves, nearly all themotor power output is converted to heat and the temperature <strong>of</strong> the trapped liquidwill continue to rise.As it does, the liquid will expand and additional pressure will be created as theliquid expands eventually to above the liquid boiling point. The temperature willeventually stabilize where heat losses from the pump housing equal the heatgenerated. However at this point the internal pressure may exceed that for whichthe pump was designed.8

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