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This highly acclaimed 500+ page pump application
handbook is now in its 2nd edition, published by CRC
Press, following nine printings of the first edition.
“Every company that uses pumps and every engineering
school should have a copy of this publication in its
library.” Excerpt from Pumps and Systems Magazine review
of Pump Characteristics and Applications.
This hands-on reference offers a practical introduction
to pumps and provides the tools necessary to select,
size, operate, and maintain pumps properly. It
highlights the interrelatedness of pump engineering from
system and piping design to installation and startup.
In this updated second edition, the author expands on
many subjects introduced in the first edition and also
provides new in-depth discussion of pump couplings,
o-rings, motors, variable frequency drives, pump
life-cycle cost, corrosion, and pump minimum flow.
Written by Michael Volk P.E., an acclaimed expert in the
field, Pump Characteristics and Applications, Second
Edition is an invaluable day-to-day reference for
mechanical, civil, chemical, industrial, design, plant,
project, and systems engineers; engineering supervisors;
maintenance technicians; and plant operators. It is also
an excellent text for upper-level undergraduate and
graduate students in departments of mechanical
engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or
engineering technology. |
Review
Pump Characteristics and Applications contains
everything that should be known about centrifugal pumps
in an easy-to-read, well-illustrated format, including
basics, hydraulics, pump types and applications,
technology trends in seals and sealess pumps and energy
conservation as well as guidelines for installation,
operation and maintenance. Every company that uses pumps
and every engineering school should have a copy of this
publication in its library.
---Pumps and Systems, 1997 |
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