CENTRIFUGAL PUMP SIZING, SELECTION AND DESIGN PRACTICES

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Course Outline

• Definition of Energy Machines 

• Basic Components of a Centrifugal pump

• Definition of Important Terms

• Pressure and Head Relationship.

• Hydraulics

• Centrifugal Pump Sizing

• Understand Pump Characteristics Curves

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• Pump Selection

• Understand System Curve

• Pump Curve Correction (Viscosity Correction)

• Affinity Laws

• Temperature Rise due to pumping

• Minimum Flow 

• Pump Datasheet

Definition of Energy Machines

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Pumps can be formed into two distinct machine categories:

1. Kinetic energy machines
2. Positive displacement machines

• Centrifugal pumps are Kinetic energy machines

• Rotary, Diaphragm and Reciprocating pumps are positive displacement machines.

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