To understand centrifugal pump performance, we need to understand the pump curve. This video explains how to read these charts so we can understand how to assess or improve our pumping systems
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If a pump is deemed to be slightly oversized. What operators do is get a butterfly valve installed and throttle it. There are various reasons why it can oversized. Such as the engineer being overly cautious, or considering prospect of expansion ie pump will be more loaded in a future scenario.
Here's a good explanation from the pump manufacturer perspective on how pumps are selected and pump curves are read: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fiJeOLkLV5I.html