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When a centrifugal pump is used for transporting a fluid with a viscosity much higher than cold water, additional losses impair the performance. Therefore, the pump characteristics determined for water must not be applied without correction to pumping highly viscous fluids as encountered for example in the oil and process industry.
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Gülich, J.F. (2010). Influence of the medium on performance. In: Centrifugal Pumps. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12824-0_13
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