The Practical Pumping Handbook is a comprehensive and reader-friendly book which contains essential information for all such engineers. It is a book for the office and the field, for the recent graduate or the seasoned engineer confronted with a repetitive or unusual pumping problem. Although it covers theory where appropriate, its strength is in its down-to-earth and practical approach and its straightforward use of language. Here is and opportunity to learn, and its, and join that new cadre of pump reliability professionals world-wide who are applying their new found knowledge to ease the suffering to pumps and of the people responsible for their reliable and economical operation.
Acknowledgements
Dedication
About The Author
Chapter 1 : Centrifugal Pumps
Chapter 2 : Pump Hydraulics
Chapter 3 : System Hydraulics
Chapter 4 : Suction Conditions
Chapter 5 : Pump Selection and Purchasing
Chapter 6 : Stuffing Box Sealing
Chapter 7 : Pump Bearings
Chapter 8 : Special Applications
Chapter 9 : Special Pumps
Chapter 10 : Pump Installation and Piping
Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting
Chapter 12 : Pump Maintenance
Chapter 13 : Fluid Properties
Chapter 14 : Friction Loss Tables
Chapter 15 : Materials of Construction
Chapter 16 : Conversion Tables and Formulae
Bibliography
Index
