E-4 Reciprocating Pumps
E-4 Reciprocating Pumps
RECIPROCATING PUMPS (40 pages with 38 drawings, photographs and illustrations) This manual describes reciprocating pumps and the procedures to operate and troubleshoot them. Both Metric and English units of measurement are used so students can work in units with which they are familiar.
Covered Subjects:
- Principles of reciprocating pumping
- Description of fluid, power driven piston type pumps and plunger type pumps and their components
- Pulsation and pulsation dampeners
- The pump cycle and determining pump capacity
- Procedure for determining the pressure rise developed by a gas driven pump
- Vapor lock and cavitation
- Operating procedures; start-up, shutdown, routine operating checks
- Capacity control of motor driven and fluid driven pumps
- Procedures for troubleshooting of reciprocating pumps
Questions and problems are included throughout the text with answers in the back that allow students to check their understanding of the subject.
Estimated self-study time: 8 hours
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