Pumping Station Design

✍ Scribed by Jones, Garr M.(eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1077
• Edition: Revised 3rd Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With the addition of 4 Interactive Tables and 178 Digitized Graphs the third edition of Pumping Station Design continues the award-winning tradition of previous releases of this product. Written by 44 authors with expert input from 141 other contributors for manufacturers, utility managers, design engineers environmental engineers and all involved in the design of pumping stations, this book provides expert information. Understanding is given to the various disciplines important to the design and execution of reliable, easy to operate, low maintenance pumping stations. The depth of experience and expertise of the contributors and editors is unparalleled making this book the standard guide for the implementation of a well-integrated pumping station design.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter
Prefaces
• Table of Contents
• Interactive Graphs Table  (176) 1. Introduction
2. Nomenclature
3. Flow in Conduits
4. Piping
5. Valves
6. Fundamentals of Hydraulic Transients
7. Control of Hydraulic Transients
8. Electrical Fundamentals and Power System Principles
9. Electrical Design
10. Performance of Centrifugal Pumps
11. Types of Pumps
12. Pumps: Intake Design, Selection, and Installation
13. Electric Motors
14. Engines
15. Variable-Speed Pumping
16. Pump-Driver Specifications
17. System Design for Wastewater Pumping
18. System Design for Water Pumping
19. System Design for Sludge Pumping
20. Instrumentation and Control Devices
21. Instrumentation and Control Applications
22. Vibration and Noise
23. Heating, Ventilating, and Cooling
24. Designing for Easy Operation and Low Maintenance
25. Summary of Design Considerations
26. Pumping Station Design Examples
27. Avoiding Blunders
28. Contract Documents
29. Costs
Appendices
Index