Pump User's Handbook: Life Extension, Second Edition

by Bloch; Heinz P.

• ISBN13: 9780849391798
• ISBN10: 0849391792
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-18
• Publisher: Fairmont Press

Summary

Now available in its fully revised second edition, this practical guide explains how you can achieve consistently superior run lengths, low maintenance expenditures, and unexcelled safety and reliability in all of your pump applications. Written by two practicing engineers whose combined 80-year working careers included all conceivable facets of pumping technology, this handbook conveys in detail what facilities must do to rapidly accomplish both superior performance and low life-cycle cost for pumps of all types and sizes. Aimed at operating technicians, maintenance professionals, project engineers, reliability engineers and managers, the book is intended for every job function that comes in contact with process pumps. Utilities, power generation facilities, pulp and paper plants, consumer product manufacturers, pharmaceutical plants, mining operations, chemical and petrochemical plants, municipal works, oil and gas pipelines, and oil refineries are among those that can significantly profit from implementingthe guidelines described in this unique, experience-based text.

Table of Contents

Pump system life cycle cost reduction	p. 1
How to buy a better pump - initial cost issues	p. 5
Piping - baseplate - installation and foundation issues	p. 33
Operating efficiency improvement considerations	p. 75
Improved pump hydraulic selection extends pump life	p. 98
Improvements leading to mechanical maintenance cost reductions	p. 111
Bearings in centrifugal pumps	p. 133
Mechanical seal selection and application	p. 171
Improved lubrication and lube application	p. 217
Oil mist lubrication and storage preservation	p. 265
Coupling selection guidelines	p. 291
Pump condition monitoring guidelines	p. 301
Pump types and materials	p. 317
Pump failure analysis and troubleshooting	p. 351
Shop repair and spare parts availability & procurement	p. 387
Failure statistics and component uptime improvement summary	p. 407
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