- Author
- Higgins, D. G.
- Title
- Performance of Wajax Mark 26 Centrifugal Pump With Respect to Suction Lift, Length of Hose and Discharge Head.
- Coporate
- Forest Fire Research Inst., Ontario, Canada
- Report
- Information Report FF-X-38, May 1973, 36 p.
- Keywords
- certrifugal pumps | fire hoses | flow rate | nozzles | pressure | training | centrifugal pumps
- Identifiers
- description of pumping unit; set-up of apparatus and procedure followed for the test; actual performance at varied suction lifts; use of pump performance tables; set-ups calculated in the tables; how the tables were calculated; rule of thumb method for solving the pump equation in the field; performance factors as seen in the tables
- Abstract
- This Information Report (FF-X-38) is the third in a series of reports dealing with portable forestry fire pumps. These reports provide the fire control officer with useful information on a pumping unit before he assigns it, with a crew, to a particular fire. They answer some critical questions, such as: "How many gallons of water per minute can I hope to deliver to the fireline using a pump under various conditions?. Naturally, each make and model of fire pump has its own operating characteristics. Also each individual pump of a model series will have its own characteristic output which may vary somewhat from the average figures as presented in this report. A simple test procedure is available which enables the pump owner to determine the basic curve of his own unit or units of this type. This may then be used in conjunction with the figures in this report to provide more precise output. This book is not intended for the pump operator's use in the field but it may be used for training purposes. If used for training, the two previous reports (FF-X-33 and FF-X-36) in this series should be consulted as different situations and illustrations are used to explain the technique of using the tables and performing pump calculations. This will provide a broader base for training.