Centrifugal Pump Head- What Is It?

The centrifugal pump is known for its efficiency. The pump has a fantastic flow and has an amazing shut off head. This head is also known as the centrifugal pump head. The centrifugal pump head is a term that refers to the discharge of a centrifugal pump when it is pointed straight up into the air. The discharge of the fluid reaches a certain height which is known as the centrifugal pump head.

The maximum centrifugal pump head is determined with the help of two things. The first is the outside diameter of the pump's impeller and the second is the speed of the rotating shaft. The maximum centrifugal pump head is bound to change whenever the pump's capacity is altered.

The pump's head is usually measured in either meters or feet. However, it can also be converted into common units that represent pressure such as psi or bar. The head basically represents a pump's performance.

There are different types of a centrifugal pump head. The first one is total static head which represents the total head when the pump is not running. It basically represents the vertical distance between the free level of the supply's source and the point of free discharge. It also represents the free surface of the discharge liquid.

The second one is total dynamic head which represents the total head while the pump is running. The third one is static suction head which is a head on the suction side when the pump is off. This type of pump head exists when the source of supply is located above the pump's centerline.

Therefore, the static suction head is basically the vertical distance from the pump's centerline to the free level of the liquid that is to be pumped. It is expressed in feet.

The fourth one is static suction lift which is a head on the suction side when the pump is off. This type of pump head is known to exist when the source of supply is located below the pump's center line. Therefore, the static suction lift is basically the vertical distance from the pump's center line to the liquid's free level that has to be pumped.

The fifth is the static discharge head which is on discharge side of the pump when it is off. It basically is the vertical distance between the pump's centerline and the liquid's surface in the discharge tank.

The sixth one is the dynamic suction head/lift which is on the suction side of the pump when it is on. The final type is the dynamic discharge head on the discharge side of the pump when it is on.

Thus, these are the different types of centrifugal pump head and they change along with the alteration in the capacity of the centrifugal pump.