Centrifugal
Operation Modes
Vocab
Vertical Turbine
Motors/ Misc.
100

What pump can be started against a closed discharge valve 

Centrifugal 

100

The functioning of equipment or process under control of mechanical or electronic devices that operate 

Automatic 

100

What is the most basic unit of power

Watts 

100

Efficiency 

90-95%

100

Most common type of motor 

three-phase

200

Efficiency Range

75-85 %

200
Operation by hand without using any other source of power

Manual 

200
Frequent on and off cycling due to pressure surges effects the pump controller 

Racking 

200

What type of pump is capable of generating the highest head

Vertical Turbine Pumps 

200

Three-phase motors voltage can range between

230-4000 V

300

Practical suction lift 

15-25 ft

300

Pump turning on after a sensor has been triggered 

Feed Backward 

300

Amount of energy pump supplies to a fluid 

Pump Head 

300

Why would these not be as common as Centrifugal Pumps?

They are more expensive to purchase and more difficult to maintain 

300

Three types of single-phase motors 

Split-phase

Repulsion induction 

Capacitor start motors 

400

Why are these the most common types of pumps?

They require very little maintenance and are relatively inexpensive 
400

Pump automatically turning on no matter what 

Feed Forward 

400

What are most impellers made of?

Bronze 

400

Main cause of overheating 

overlubrication

400

What is ohms law

Volts= Amps X Ohms 

500

What is a volute?

Pump Casing 

500

Called Open loop control 

Manual

500

How many times per a second should a mechanical seal leak?

0

500

A ______ pump is a vertical turbine pump with the motor mounted below the pump bowl assemblies 

Submersible 

500

What does single phasing of a motor mean 

Loss of one power phase 

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