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The course 'Pumping Systems I: Pump Types and Performance' focuses on the importance of properly sizing pumps to avoid excessive operating costs and maintenance issues. It covers various pump types, components, and principles, emphasizing a systems approach for efficiency and reliability. Participants will learn to interpret pump performance curves and identify factors influencing pump selection.

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Pumping Systems I - Outline

The course 'Pumping Systems I: Pump Types and Performance' focuses on the importance of properly sizing pumps to avoid excessive operating costs and maintenance issues. It covers various pump types, components, and principles, emphasizing a systems approach for efficiency and reliability. Participants will learn to interpret pump performance curves and identify factors influencing pump selection.

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Pumping Systems I: Pump Types and Performance

Outline

Course Description

Pumps are essential to the daily operation of many facilities. This tends to promote the practice of sizing
pumps conservatively to ensure that the needs of the system will be met under all conditions. Intent on
ensuring that the pumps are large enough to meet system needs, engineers often overlook the cost of
oversizing pumps and err on the side of safety by adding more pump capacity. Unfortunately, this
practice results in higher-than-necessary system operating costs. In addition, oversized pumps typically
require more frequent maintenance than properly sized pumps. Excess flow energy increases the wear
and tear on system components, resulting in valve damage, piping stress, and excess system operation
noise. A pump does not function in isolation: it is part of a system of supply and demand. The use of a
“systems approach” will typically yield a quieter, more efficient, and more reliable system. In this
course, we will explore the advantages of different types of pumps, pump components, and end-use
equipment. We’ll also examine pump efficiency curves to gain a better understanding of the
flow/pressure relationship.

Course Content

Objectives

• List the components of a pumping system


• Identify different types of pumps
• List the factors that should be considered when pumps are selected
• Interpret a pump performance curve and explain the best efficiency point

1. Introduction
a. Purposes
i. Cooling
ii. Lubrication
iii. Transfer fluids for processing
iv. Provide motive force in hydraulic systems

2. System Components
a. Pumps
i. Centrifugal
ii. Positive Displacement
b. Prime movers
c. Piping
d. Valves
e. End-use equipment

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3. Pumping System Principles
a. Design practices
b. Fluid Energy
i. Head
ii. Static pressure
iii. Height
iv. Velocity head
v. Frictional head
c. Fluid Characteristics
i. Viscosity
ii. Density
iii. Particulate content
iv. Vapor pressure
d. Cavitation
i. Damaging flow patterns in the outer region of an impeller
ii. Result of operating a pump at a low flow rate
e. System Types
i. Closed Loop
ii. Open-loop

4. Pump curves
a. Pump Performance Curve
b. Best Efficiency Point (BEP)
c. Coverage Chart
d. Impeller Performance Curve

5. Summary

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