Centrifugal Pumps : Designs and Applications offers practical, experience tested information on pump design criteria and application. The book includes chapters on vertical, double-case and chemical pumps. The topic of rotor dynamics has been expanded, particularly in the areas of bearing stiffness and damping, seal effects and the evaluation of critical speed calculations. A section is devoted to installation, operation and extending pump life with emphasis on bearing, lubricators, mechanical seal reliability and the external alignment of pump and driver.
Preface
Part 1 : Elements of Pump Design
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Specific Speed and Modeling Laws
Chapter 3 : Impeller Design
Chapter 4 : General Pump Design
Chapter 5 : Volute Design
Chapter 6 : Design of Multi-Stage Casing
Chapter 7 : Double-Suction Pumps and Side-Suction Design
Chapter 8 : NPSH
Part 2 : Applications
Chapter 9 : Vertical Pumps
Chapter 10 : Pipeline, Waterflood, and CO2 Pumps
Chapter 11 : High Speed Pumps
Chapter 12 : Double-Case Pumps
Chapter 13 : Slurry Pumps
Chapter 14 : Hydraulic Power Recovery Turbines
Chapter 15 : Chemical Pumps-Metallic and Nonmetallic
Part 3 : Mechanical Design
Chapter 16 : Shaft Design and Axial Thrust
Chapter 17 : Mechanical Seals
Chapter 18 : Vibration and Noise in Pumps
Part 4 : Extending Pump Life
Chapter 19 : Alignment
Chapter 20 : Rolling Element Bearings and Lubrication
Chapter 21 : Mechanical Seal Reliability
Index