How Altitude Can Degrade Your Pump Performance?

Have you ever wondered that altitude might affect a water pump in a drastic way? Some people fail to realize this but this should be a matter of concern because it can positively or negatively degrade the performance of your underground water pump. So, it’s advisable to understand the effect of high altitude in order to set a Submersible Pump 

and use it in a way that increases the performance efficiently.

Let’s understand more about how a higher altitude in a specific area affects a water pump through this article.

Altitude pressure is often exerted by the air weighing at any particular point on the Earth and it depends on the amount of air that varies from one location to another. The higher the altitude is at your construction site, the lower the pressure will be. Because once you go higher in a given location, the oxygen levels start decreasing and become less dense. Many of the experts stated that Oxygen is a gas meant when the altitude increases and the oxygen decreases in terms of density. Therefore, there may be a chance that there is less air pressure at the higher location you are trying to set up the water pump. On the other hand, if you’re at the right altitude, the oxygen becomes denser and more air is available to avoid problems caused by the high altitudes.

This increasing and decreasing of air can cause severe effects to the pump. As you already read above; the higher the altitude in your location, the thinner the air will be. But as the air is getting thin it sometimes also means that there is low pressure the higher you go, and the lower you go, the pressure increases simultaneously. If there is low atmospheric pressure you have more effect on your dewatering pump because it will be harder for the pump to do its function, which is to remove water or other liquids from the mine. If there is less atmospheric air pressure due to the high levels of altitude means the water pump has to work much harder. However, the several factors of atmospheric pressure are density, specific gravity, the surrounding surface temperature, the content of water in the air, and the altitude of the area.

Now wondering how to address such issues related to altitude,

The golden rule of thumb to consider here is every one thousand feet you move up, you have to reduce 2 feet of water displacement height approximately. Dewatering pump professionals locate the pump as close as possible to the liquid source. The closer you set up to the source, the less distance it has to travel when trying to draw excess water from its sources. To achieve great fuel efficiency, you may choose to buy an electric engine for your water pump. Despite this, there is no effective way of beating this issue, so it’s always good to be aware that your water pump may not perform well in a location as it is lacking oxygen and has low atmospheric pressure.

For more information, please visit Darling Pumps or Call us at 91-99819 92838.

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