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Old 08-03-14, 08:27 PM   #15
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What about use a VFD?



A centrifugal pump is very similar to a fan as far as load characteristics go. (In fact, you could say that a centrifugal fan is a centrifugal pump for air!) Thus there shouldn't be any difficulty with starting, unlike a compressor load that calls for high starting torque.
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