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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