Working Guide to Pumps and Pumping Stations Calculations and Simulations

Authors : MENON E. SHASHI   MENON Pramila S.   Series :  Distribution ISBN :  9781856178280  Price : 71,95 Euros, 86 $US, 471,97 FF Publication Date :  Nov 2009 trade paperback, 304 p.,

A plain-language calculation tool, this valuable guide is just the book for solving the most difficult day-to-day pump and pumping station design and operational problems. Written by a former chief engineer of major international pipeline construction projects, this book brings over 32 years of field experience together in one manual. Equations are explained in an easy-to-understand manner, with simplified models and simulations derived from the set of case studies included in the book.

  Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Pump Performance. 3. Liquid Properties versus Pump Performance. 4. Pressure Loss through Piping Systems. 5. Systems Head Curves. 6. Pump Performance at Different Impeller Sizes and Speeds. 7. NPSH and Pump Cavitation. 8. Pump Applications and Economics. 9 Pump Simulation Using PUMPCALC Software. Appendices. References. Index.

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