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Unread 02-08-2004, 01:52 PM   #12
Reaper_Unreal
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Alright, well I've re-done the calculations as suggested, and I've even written a program to find all of the stats for me (I'll post it later if needed). This time, I took loads of points off of the P-Q graphs of each pump, and found the power at each point. I took the average of the powers I had found (not including 0 head and 0 flow). I then took the average of all of the heads, and the average of all of the flows, then found the power that way. I then took the average (not geometric mean) of the two power values I had found to give me my value for power. That's about as accurate as it'll get. I've got here the results for the 5 pumps I did. The program I wrote will be posted later if requested when I can find somewhere to host it.

Code:
Pump Name:      L20
Max Flow Rate:  685.16L/h
Max Head:       1.31m
Avg Flow Rate:  395.86L/h
Avg Head:       0.69m
Pump Power:     0.70W
Power Used:     11.00W
Efficiency:     6.33%

Pump Name:      L30
Max Flow Rate:  1271.90L/h
Max Head:       2.01m
Avg Flow Rate:  747.24L/h
Avg Head:       1.00m
Pump Power:     1.90W
Power Used:     23.00W
Efficiency:     8.24%

Pump Name:      Eheim 1250
Max Flow Rate:  1211.33L/h
Max Head:       2.00m
Avg Flow Rate:  638.32L/h
Avg Head:       1.18m
Pump Power:     1.93W
Power Used:     28.00W
Efficiency:     6.90%

Pump Name:      Eheim 1048
Max Flow Rate:  598.10L/h
Max Head:       1.50m
Avg Flow Rate:  299.43L/h
Avg Head:       0.93m
Pump Power:     0.76W
Power Used:     10.00W
Efficiency:     7.64%

Pump Name:      MCP600
Max Flow Rate:  651.09L/h
Max Head:       3.18m
Avg Flow Rate:  404.50L/h
Avg Head:       1.54m
Pump Power:     1.58W
Power Used:     9.00W
Efficiency:     17.51%
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