Hydraulic efficiency (pumps)
Description
Due to leakage of fluid between the back surface of the impeller hub plate and the casing, or through other pump components – there is a volumetric loss reducing the pump efficiency.
Related formulasVariables
| nhydraulic | Hydraulic pump efficiency percent (dimensionless) |
| Qactual | Theoretical flow rate output (m3/s) |
| Qtheoretical | Actual flow rate output (m3/s) |