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Engineering
& Technical
Service Bulletin
J.H. WRIGHT & ASSOCIATES
Topics
CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS AND
FOUR QUADRANT CURVES
You will note there are three per- through the pump with a suction
In some process formance curves shown. One for zero head pressure higher than discharge.
applications the liquid pump RPM, one for +1800RPM (in This head is therefore described as
remains at a high the correct direction of rotation) and negative. The -1800RPM curve in
pressure after it has one for -1800RPM (backward rotation). Quadrant B therefore describes a
reverse flow turbine. +1800RPM and
completed it’s cycle. It is Also, note that the ordinate and zero flow in the Quadrant B are simply
therefore often desirable abscissa represent GPM and TDH. energy dissipation. So is +1800RPM
to recover this energy However, in Quadrant B & C they in Quadrant C.
rather than just dissipate also represent negative values. The
it. In other pumping intersection of the two represents Your eyes are probably in a fully
applications, failure of a zero flow at zero head. glassed over condition at this point so
power source could let me pose a few practical questions
cause back flow through Quadrant A: represents the normal that can be answered using these
the pump and extreme operation of a centrifugal pump, at curves. 1. If a pump is spinning fully
reverse rotation. least as far as +1800RPM is concerned. reversed due to discharge water
The curve labeled -1800RPM is the column after shutdown, will the
performance of the same pump with motor be able to restart it in the
The two above cases bring me to a the impeller turning backwards! correct direction? 2. What will the
rather esoteric, but interesting centri-
pump speed be if the motor is shut
fugal pump subject – four quadrant Quadrant C: the -1800RPM line, off and a high suction pressure forces
or Karman-Knapp pump curves. represents the performance of a liquid through the pump in a forward
hydraulic turbine. You would use direction? 3. What will the performance
one of these to recover the energy be of the pump running backward?
remaining in a process fluid. High- 4. What is the maximum reverse speed?
pressure fluid would enter the dis-
charge of the “pump” and exit A complete set of four Quadrant
through the suction - driving the curves is more complex (torque is
“pump” (now a turbine) backward. included) than my simplified version,
Energy can now be recovered from but hopefully you now have a basic
the “pump” shaft. The flow in this understanding of their usage.
quadrant is therefore described as
Consider the above – a simplified negative.
four quadrant curve of a typical
centrifugal pump. Quadrant B: liquid has to be forced

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