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The impact of safety factors on pump performance and selection: case study, a methodology for correcting pump oversizing.

Author(s) : FISHER D. S.

Summary

Safety factors are used to allow for the uncertainty experienced by engineers, owners, designers, and contractors. Safety factors come in many guises: standard procedure, field experience, assumption, rules of thumb, safety factor. The paper discusses the methodology used to replace oversized or incorrectly selected pumps. After the programme was completed, the owner estimated annual savings in data processing pumping of USD 101 600.

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  • Original title: The impact of safety factors on pump performance and selection: case study, a methodology for correcting pump oversizing.
  • Record ID : 2003-1539
  • Languages: English
  • Source: ASHRAE Transactions. 2001 annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. Volume 107, part 2 + CD-ROM.
  • Publication date: 2001/06/24
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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