Pump Efficiency

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Water Systems

Working definition

Ratio of useful hydraulic power delivered by a pump to the power supplied to it.

In plain language

Ratio of useful hydraulic power delivered by a pump to the power supplied to it.

Why it matters

Pump Efficiency is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

Engineering relationshipη = hydraulic power ÷ input power

Use operating-point values and define the system boundary.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.