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Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering / Pumps | | English term or phrase: (pump) head | It is from a slurry pump specification.
Sentences from the text:
The nameplate must contain:
(...)
- Speed, capacity, temperature and ***head***
Pumps with constant-speed drivers shall be capable of at least a 10-percent ***head*** increase at rated conditions.
All impellers will have the characteristic of decreasing ***head*** with increasing flow throughout their range. |
| | | altura manométrica total ou AMT | Explanation:
Equivale à altura da coluna da descarga, ou à altura que a bomba "empurra" o líquido. Imagina uma mangueira vertical na descarga da bomba, o "head" seria a altura de líquido dentro desta mangueira equivalente à pressão na descarga da bomba. Também serve pressão hidrostática na descarga, mas AMT é o mais usado.
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Note added at 19 mins (2011-11-08 14:34:52 GMT)
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Uma das definições no Dicionário Metalúirgico Inglês-Português, de James L. Taylor, uma das definições é desnível, pressão hidrostática de água. |
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 Adriana Lopes
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