|
Centrifugal Pumps
John
R. White, P.E.
Overview
This 3-hour online course
describes the advantages, disadvantages, characteristics, and applications of
the centrifugal pump. It defines, derives, and describes the performance
parameters, performance curves, and all the characteristics that an engineer
needs to know to intelligently specify a centrifugal pump for a specific
application. The student not presently knowledgeable about pumps can skim
through the derivations and still gain valuable knowledge about this work horse
of the power and process industries. The more interested student will be able
to follow through the various derivations of the performance parameters, pump
affinity laws, and so forth, that are widely used by mechanical engineers, but
not always covered in this much detail in textbooks.
The student must take a
multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty-nine (29) questions at the end of
this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
-
Understand the
proper applications of centrifugal pumps.
-
Be aware of the
various performance parameters used to specify and test centrifugal pumps.
-
Be able to follow
the derivations of these parameters starting with the first law of
thermodynamics.
-
Be able to
distinguish between hydraulic horsepower and brake horsepower.
-
Understand and be
able to utilize centrifugal pump performance curves.
-
Be able to apply the
pump affinity laws.
-
Be able to discuss
specific speed and net positive suction head.
-
Know how to diagnose
some pump problems.
-
Understand the basics of how to
specify centrifugal pumps
Course
Click on the URL below
to view the course "Centrifugal Pumps" prior to taking the quiz.
Centrifugal Pumps (892 KB)
To obtain PDH credits for this course, you will need to take a quiz for
credit. Click on the link below.
(To take the quiz,
your web browser must be set to accept cookies. See how to
check your cookie settings.)
 
|
|
|
Related Books
Centrifugal and Rotary Pumps: Fundamentals with Applications
Centrifugal Pump Design
Pump Application Desk Book
Pump Handbook
|
|
