Know and Understand Centrifugal Pumps
Know and Understand Centrifugal Pumps is directed toward the understanding of industrial pumps and their systems. It won’t be a guide on how to correctly design pumps, nor how to rebuild and repair pumps. There are existing books and courses directed toward those themes. By understanding the real reasons for pump failure, analyzing those failures, and diagnosing pump behavior through interpretation of pressure gauges, you can achieve
Pumps are commonly encountered in industry and are essential to the smooth running of many industrial complexes. Mechanical engineers entering industry often have little practical experience of pumps and their problems, and need to build up an understanding of the design, operation and appropriate use of pumps, plus how to diagnose faults and put them right. This book tackles all these aspects in a readable manner, drawing on the authors’ long experience of lecturing and writing on centrifugal pumps for industrial audiences.
You can also read Pump User’s Handbook Life Extension
Know and Understand Centrifugal Pumps Content
- Basic Pump Principles
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- NPSH, Net Positive Suction Head
- Cavitation
- The Affinity Laws
- Useful Work and Pump Efficiency
- Pump Classification
- Understanding Pump Curves
- The System Curve
- Shaft Deflection
- Pump and Motor Alignment
- Bearings
- Pump Shaft Packing
- Mechanical Seals
- Failure Analysis of Mechanical Seals
- Common Sense Failure Analysis
- Avoiding Wear in Centrifugal Pumps
- Pump Piping
The focus of industrial plant maintenance has always been that the design is correct, and that the operation of the pumps in the system is as it should be. In this book, you will see that in the majority of occasions, this is not true. Most of us in maintenance spend our valuable time, just changing parts, and in the best of cases, performing preventive maintenance, trying to diminish the time required to change those parts.
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