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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene P. Sabini, Skaneateles, NY (US);
Jerome A. Lorenc, Seneca Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 7/00 ;
Abstract
A method for determining the suction pressure of a centrifugal pump including the steps of determining pump torque and pump discharge pressure at at least two different speeds, forming a first order wave curve as a straight line using said pump torque and pump discharge and determining suction pressure from the y axis intercept of said line.