Practical centrifugal pumps design, operation and maintenance
Practical Centrifugal Pumps is a comprehensive guide to pump construction, application, operation, maintenance and management issues. Coverage includes pump classifications, types and criteria for selection, as well as practical information on the use of pumps, such as how to read pump curves and cr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
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2005.
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| Edition: | 1st edition |
| Series: | Practical professional books from Elsevier.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627299206719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Applications
- Pump types
- Reciprocating pumps
- Rotary pumps
- Centrifugal pumps
- Centrifugal pump design andconstruction
- Impellers
- Pump casings
- Wearing rings
- Shaft
- Stuffing boxes
- Seal housing/mechanical seals
- Bearing housing / bearing isolators
- Couplings
- Pump hydraulics
- Specific gravity
- Viscosity
- Vapor pressure
- Flow
- Head
- System resistance
- Pump efficiency
- Hydraulic power
- Pump characteristic curve
- Curve corrections
- Specific speed
- Cavitation, recirculation, and Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
- Suction specific speed
- Performance calculation procedure
- Forces in centrifugal pumps
- Axial thrust
- Radial loads
- Centrifugal pump operation and characteristics
- Behavior of hydraulic properties of pumps
- Non-dimensional characteristics
- The cause of the H-Q curve
- The inlet velocity triangle
- The cause of the PQ curve
- The effect of speed changes on characteristic curves
- The complete characteristic curve
- Multiple pump operation
- Pump characteristics - viscous liquids, liquids with considerable solids
- Pump characteristics - abnormal operation
- Pump characteristics - speed-torque curves
- Discharge regulation of pumps
- Range of pump operation
- Pump specification and selection
- System analysis
- Data sheet - the pump specification document
- Bid request
- Bid review/analysis
- Conclusion
- Pump testing and inspection
- Material inspection requirements
- Shop tests
- Performance test procedure
- Pump installation and commissioning
- Site location
- Receipts and physical inspection
- Pre-alignment checks
- Location of pump foundation
- Design and dimensions of pump foundation
- Excavation and forms for pump foundation
- Rebar and anchor bolts
- Pouring.
- Base plate and sole plate preparation
- Grouting
- Installation of pump and driver
- Associated piping and fittings
- On-site installation and commissioning of the pump set
- Pre-operational checks
- Preparation for start-up
- Pump in operation
- Centrifugal pump maintenance
- Introduction
- Pump breakdown and removal
- Single-stage pump dismantling and repair
- Preparation for reassembly
- Pump assembly
- Vertical pump repair
- Multistage pump repair
- Optimum time to maintain pumps
- Pump types
- References
- Index.
