Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks

Vol 2: Pumps

• ISBN: 1856174689

• Pub. Date: December 2005

• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books

Table of Contents

1 - Introduction, Pages 1-5

2 - Pump types and applications, Pages 7-24

3 - Pump characteristics—positive displacement vs centrifugal (kinetic), Pages

25-36

4 - Operation of a pump in a process system, Pages 37-42

5 - Pump performance data, Pages 43-52

6 - The concept of pump head, Pages 53-62

7 - Pump selection, Pages 63-84

8 - Centrifugal pump hydraulic disturbances, Pages 85-107

9 - Centrifugal pump testing, Pages 109-122

10 - Pump mechanical design, Pages 123-141

11 - Mechanical seals, Pages 143-159

12 - Pump control and protection, Pages 161-178

13 - Conversion to metric system, Pages 179-190