This note summarizes the development of a code of practice on pump efficency testing by the direct thermodynamic method, and a temperature probe calibration procedure. A series of comparative on-site pump tests are analysed, highlighting areas of agreement and aspects requiring further research.
Code of practice for pump efficiency testing by the direct thermodynamic method. Report 695/27, The Pump Centre, Warrington, UK, 1995.
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BS 5316: Part 3:1988 Acceptance Tests for Centrifugal, Mixed Flow and Axial Pumps. Part 3. Precision Class Tests (British Standards Institution, London) [ISO 5198:1987 (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva)].
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BS 5316: Part 1: 1976 Acceptance Tests for Centrifugal, Mixed Flow and Axial Pumps. Part 1. Class C Tests (British Standards Institution, London) [ISO 2548:1973 (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva)].
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BS 5316: Part 2:1977 Acceptance Tests for Centrifugal, Mixed Flow and Axial Pumps. Part 2. Class B Tests (British Standards Institution, London) [ISO 3555:1977 (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva)].
