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The  Sherwood number  ( Sh ) (also called the  mass transfer Nusselt number ) is a  dimensionless number  used in mass-transfer operation....

The  Prandtl number    is a dimensionless number that is defined as the ratio of momentum diffusivity (kinematic viscocity) to thermal dif...

Nusselt number is the ratio of convective heat transport to conductive heat transport normal to the fluid boundary. It is a dimensionless ...

     Reynold's number is a dimensionless number and it is the ratio of "inertial forces" to "viscous forces" in th...

Capacity of pump is the volume of liquid displaced per unit time. During running of pump you can measure it's capacity at any time. For...

Capacity of a pump is the amount of liquid that a pump can displace per unit of time. If a pump is transporting  12 gallons in one minute, ...

     Before understanding the surging process, you need to understand head and capacity concept of a compressor. Maximum Head of Compres...