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Fig. 29-18.
Nonclog pump (Courtesy of Fairbanks Morse)
practical, a ''self-priming'' pump is used. The most common approach used in the
water industry for ''self-priming'' a centrifugal pump is to provide an integral or sep-
arate priming chamber that keeps the impeller in water. When the pump is in operation,
a vacuum is pulled in the priming chamber and induces a lower head static water level
to flow into the priming chamber.
The horizontal split-case centrifugal pump is one of the most popular pumps in the
water industry for clear water applications. The impeller can be removed without
