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Pump Principles
Author: N. Kaila
Inmotion - August/September 2004
Abstract
Over the years I have observed that engineers have difficulty in coming to grips with the fundamentals of pumps. My experience has meant explaining differences between centrifugal and positive displacement pumps from first principles. The intention of this article is to give a working knowledge to a practising engineer.