How to Convert a Pump Head Pressure

A pressure head, or hp, is one type of head that occurs in pumping systems and is different from pressure. Engineers prefer to use head in pump curves to measure a pump's power because head does not change with specific gravity of a liquid as opposed to pressure. The unit of head is feet while those of pressure include inches of mercury, millimeter of mercury, pound per square feet, bar and kilogram per square centimeter. You can convert pressure on the surface of a liquid to head, using an appropriate equation. If you know the value and unit of pressure and specific gravity of the liquid, you can choose the right conversion formula to calculate pressure head in feet.

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Instructions

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      Obtain the proper information to make the calculation. Since you are using an equation, you need to know the values and units of all the parameters required to use the equation. You therefore need to know specific gravity of liquid and the value and unit of pressure on the surface of liquid in the pressurized tank. If the tank is open, the pressure on the surface of the liquid is atmospheric pressure. At sea level, the standard value for atmospheric pressure is 29.92 inches or 760 millimeters of mercury.

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      Convert pressure in inches of mercury to head feet. Calculate height in inches of mercury times 1.133 divided by specific gravity with the aid of a calculator to obtain head in feet.

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      Convert pressure in millimeters of mercury to head in feet. Calculate height in millimeters of mercury divided by 22.4 divided by specific gravity with the aid of a calculator to obtain head in feet.

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      Convert pressure in pound per square inch to head in feet. Calculate pound per square inch times 2.31 divided by specific gravity with the aid of a calculator to obtain head in feet.

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      Convert pressure in bar to head in meter. Calculate pressure in bar times 10.197 divided by specific gravity with the aid of a calculator to obtain head in meter.

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      Convert pressure in kilogram per square centimeter to head in meter. Calculate pressure in kilogram per square centimeter times 10 divided by specific gravity with the aid of a calculator to obtain head in meter.

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