Content:
Preface, Page vii
1 - Introduction, Pages 1-3
2 - The concept of NPSH, Pages 5-12
3 - Governing parameters, Pages 13-19
4 - Suction specific speed, Pages 21-23
5 - Safety margins between NPSHR and NPSHA, Pages 25-29
6 - Practical determination of NPSHR, Pages 31-32
7 - Determination of NPSHA, Pages 33-37
8 - Examples of calculation of NPSHA, Pages 39-45
9 - Other phenomena, Pages 47-50
10 - Conclusions, Page 51
11 - Terms, symbols and units, Pages 53-56
Appendix A - Characteristics of water, Pages 57-58
Appendix B - NPSH reduction for pumps handling hydrocarbon liquids and high temperature water, Pages 59-61
Appendix C - Abstract from ISO/CD 9906, Pages 63-65
Appendix D - Definition of the total suction head H_A (abstract from ISO 2548), Pages 67-70
Appendix E - Table of conversion for pressure, Pages 71-72