Marine centrifugal pump is comprehensive pump name. It refers to these centrifugal pumps, which are used in marine and offshore industry. It is a very basic marine pump type on board vessels. Centrifugal marine pump is used to handle sea water, fresh water, and bilge and so on. Some marine centrifugal pump is handled with oil as well, such as fuel oil and Lub oil.

Ballast pump, marine bilge pump, marine fire pump, GS pump, marine cooling pump are the most popular marine centrifugal pump types. Sometimes this centrifugal marine pump can be instead of each other. Usually this marine centrifugal pump is in vertical type, for small installation space. However, for bilge pump and cooling pump, horizontal centrifugal marine pump is also very common.

There are is some special types of marine centrifugal pump. For example, the submersible centrifugal pump is a total submersible type, without suction flange. And the diesel engine emergency centrifugal pump is powered by a diesel engine. Usually the marine centrifugal pump has an electrical motor.

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