Case Study: Cavitation Failure in Horizontal Split Casing Pump

1. Overview of the Incident A 25 MW unit’s circulating cooling system uses two split casing pumps. Each pump’s nameplate data: Flow (Q): 3,240 m³/h Design head (H): 32 m Speed (n): 960 rpm Power (Pa): 317.5 kW NPSH required (Hs): 2.9 m (≈ 7.4 m NPSHr) Within just two months, one…








