Source: National Environmental Services Center
Publication: Tech Brief: Reading Centrifugal Pump Curves
Date: 2013

Reading and understanding centrifugal pump curves is key to proper pump selection, and to their reliable and efficient operation. This Tech Brief examines how pump curves can provide data about a pump’s ability to produce flow against certain head, shows how to read a typical centrifugal pump curve, and provides information about pump efficiency and brake horsepower.