Centrifugal Pump Handbook

✍ Scribed by Sulzer Pumps Ltd.

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 304
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This long-awaited new edition is the complete reference for engineers and designers working on pump design and development or using centrifugal pumps in the field. This authoritative guide has been developed with access to the technical expertise of the leading centrifugal pump developer, Sulzer Pumps. In addition to providing the most comprehensive centrifugal pump theory and design reference with detailed material on cavitation, erosion, selection of materials, rotor vibration behavior and forces acting on pumps, the handbook also covers key pumping application topics and operational issues, including operating performance in various types of circuitry, drives and acceptance testing.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
• Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. Physical Principles
2. Behavior of Centrifugal Pumps in Operation
3. Acceptance Tests with Centrifugal Pumps
4. Special Data for Planning Centrifugal Pump Installations
5. Mechanical Components
6. Pipelines, Valves and Flanges
7. Centrifugal Pump Drives
8. Materials and Corrosion
9. Principal Features of Centrifugal Pumps for Selected Applications
Index