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[Pump horsepower]

Pump horsepower

Sizes a pump from flow and total dynamic head, returning water horsepower, brake (shaft) horsepower at the given pump efficiency, and shaft kW.
Inputs
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Pump efficiency drives brake horsepower. A blank or zero entry is rejected so the result is never an idealized 100 percent figure. Flow and head convert to gpm and ft internally; the formula itself is unchanged.

Result
0 BHPbrake horsepower
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Water HP0 hp
Shaft power0 kW
Formula applied WHP = q · h · SG / 3960  |  BHP = WHP / (ηp/100)  |  kW = BHP · 0.746  |  motor in = BHP / (ηm/100)  |  q in gpm, h in ft