OVERVIEW

Basic concepts

Average speed
Avoiding Cavitation
Cavitation
Duty of Pumps
Duty Point of a Centrifugal Pump
Effective Flow
Flow
Head
Holding pressure head
Minimum flow
Newtonian Fluid
Non-Newtonian Fluids
NPSH Value
Number of Pole Pairs
Operating temperature
Optimum flow rate
Pump
Rated Pressure
Required Pump Shaft Power
Shaft Power
Static Head
System NPSHavailable
Total Head
Vapour Pressure
Viscosity
Working Pressure

Pump types

Basic Pump Designs
Canned Rotor Pumps
Centrifugal Pump
Diaphragm pump
DIN-Standards Centrifugal End-Suction Pump
Gear pump
Glanded (Dry-Motor) Pump
Glandless Pump
High pressure centrifugal pump
Liquid pump
Monobloc Glanded Centrifugal Pump
Multistage centrifugal pumps
Norm pump
Positive Displacement Pump
Progressive cavity pump
Reciprocating Pump
Rotary piston pump
Screw spindle pump
Self-Priming Centrifugal Pumps
Side channel pump
Submersible piston pump
Suction Lift With Non-Selfpriming Centrifugal Pumps

Constructions

Impeller
Shaft Seals

Pump sizing

Best efficiency point of the pump
Dimensioning of pumps and pressure pipelines
NPSH
NPSH required
Operating Point of a Centrifugal Pump
Pump Selection
Suction operation with normal priming centrifugal pumps
System Duty Point
System NPSHavailable

Performance curves

Affinity Laws
Calculating the System H-Q Curve
Curve Corrections for Different Fluids
Impeller Trimming
Pump Performance Chart
Pump Performance Curve
System Curve