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Pump User's Handbook: Life Extension, 4th editionThis is a single license Digital eBook PDF File that is downloadable, and password protected eBook Description This book explains just how and why the best of class pump users are consistently achieving superior run lengths, low maintenance expenditures and unexcelled safety and reliability. Written by practicing engineers whose working career was marked by involvement in pump specification, installation, reliability assessment, component upgrading,
eBook Description
This book explains just how and why the best-of-class pump users are consistently achieving superior run lengths, low maintenance expenditures and unexcelled safety and reliability. Written by practicing engineers whose working career was marked by involvement in pump specification, installation, reliability assessment, component upgrading, maintenance cost reduction, operation, troubleshooting and all conceivable facets of pumping technology, this text describes in detail how to accomplish best-of-class performance and low life cycle cost.
Some of the Table of Contents
- Preface to the Fourth Edition
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Pump System Life Cycle Cost Reduction
- Initial Costs
- Installation Costs
- Energy/Operating Costs
- Maintenance and Repair Costs
- Loss of Production
- Pump Reliability Factors
- Chapter 2 How to Buy and Ship a Better Pump
- Specification Overview
- ANSI vs. API—How do They Differ?
- Process Industry Practices (PIP)
- Supplementary Specifications
- Specification Checklists
- Selecting a Knowledgeable Cooperative Vendor
- Design Weaknesses Found in API Casing Construction
- Bearing Housing Designs Merit Closer Attention
- Upgrading of Centrifugal Pumps
- Excessive Shaft Deflection
- Factors Affecting Bearing Life
- Documentation is Part of Initial Purchase
- Bid Tabulations Lead to Final Selection
- How to Ship Pump Sets
- Chapter 3 Piping, Baseplate, Installation, and Foundation Issues
- Pump Piping
- Field Installation Procedure for Pipe Spring Hangers and Pipe Supports
- Pump Baseplates and Grouting
- Pump Alignment
- Pump Suction Strainers
- Eccentric Reducers and Straight Runs of Pipe at Pump Suction
- Chapter 4 Operating Efficiency Improvement Considerations
- Total System Efficiency
- Energy Effectiveness
- Energy Operating Cost Savings Potential
- System Efficiency
- Creating Pump/System Head-Capacity Curves
- Parallel Pump Operation
- Additional Reliability Issues withParallel Operation
- Specific Parallel Pump Guidelines/Process Pumps
- Impact of Variable Speed Control on Parallel Pump Operation
- Multi-Pump Parallel Operation—Control
- Parallel Pump Operations Conclusions
- Grounding Ring Technology for Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)
- How to Optimize the Overall
- Efficiency When Pumps are Operated as Both Pumps and Power Recovery Turbines in the Same System
- Understanding Periodic Switching of Process Pumps and Power Recovery Turbines
- Chapter 5 Improved Pump Hydraulic Selection Extends Pump Life
- Influence of Pump Hydraulic Selection
- Operating Speed
- Allowable Operating Region
Authors:
Heinz P. Bloch and Allan R. Budris
e-ISBN: 9788770223119
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