Pump Characteristics and Applications 3rd Edition By Michael Volk

Preface This third version of Pump Characteristics and Applications contains two vital enhancements. First, greater than 150 photos are introduced in colour for the primary time. Primarily based on suggestions from members briefly programs in pumps which have used this ebook because the textual content, these colour photos ought to vastly enhance the power of readers from all backgrounds to grasp the small print in lots of cutaway and cross sectional photos of pumps, seals, and different parts. Equally, color-coding permits a transparent distinction between the various sorts of pump efficiency curves which can be introduced all through the ebook, similar to head–capability, horsepower, effectivity, NPSH, and system head curves. Additionally included are new photos of the newest era of pumps and different parts. The second focus of this version is a brand new chapter on pump case research. College students in Volk pump coaching courses point out that case research are an necessary studying software for individuals who work with pumps. The brand new Chapter 9 describes in some element a collection of typical pump discipline issues and their options.

Every case research contains background on the pumprelated downside, an evaluation of the issue, and the ensuing options and classes realized. Along with the above, the whole ebook was up to date to mirror the newest considering on pumps. Numerous useful new sections had been added, such because the ten steps to find out whole head which can be summarized in Chapter 2 and the mechanical seal piping plans which can be mentioned and illustrated in Chapter 5. The primary two editions of the ebook included a demo CD of the PIPE-FLO Skilled piping design and evaluation software program. With this third version we’ve switched to a downloadable demo of the software program. PIPE-FLO and different piping design and evaluation software program packages are mentioned in some depth in Chapter 3. Use of a software program software to design or analyze a piping system must be thought-about if the system is complicated (e.g., has a number of branches or loops, contains a number of pumps or a single pump at a number of speeds, or makes use of a fluid with properties a lot completely different from water). Utilizing a software program software to dimension pipes and decide pump whole head permits the piping and pumps to be matched extra precisely to the anticipated calls for of the system, and helps to maintain the pump from being outsized, thus saving vitality and lowering pump upkeep prices.

Pump characteristics and applications PDF

Author(s): Volk, Michael W

Series: Dekker mechanical engineering

Publisher: CRC Press, Year: 2014

ISBN: 978-1-4665-6309-4,1466563095

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