Understanding Pump Head - How to Calculate and Estimate it in Real World Applications

Whether you're an engineer, technician, or plant operator - understanding pump head is essential for proper pump selection and system design.

This visual guide breaks it down:

What is pump head (suction + discharge)

How to calculate it using Bernoulli-based formulas

How to quickly estimate pump head under real piping conditions (tees, elbows, elevations, etc.)

Includes practical tips like:

Each 90° elbow ≈ 0.5 m head loss

10 m of horizontal pipe ≈ 1 m head loss

Quick calculation with vertical & horizontal segments

Real-life example included for a centrifugal pump handling water at 20°C!

No comments: