OrientMCT Centrifugal Pumps: Testing, Design, and Analysis
This course focuses on the hydraulic principles of centrifugal pumps, as well as the interaction between a pump and a pipeline. It covers a brief review of fluid mechanics, the modified Bernoulli equation applied to piping systems, the energy equation applied to pumps and piping systems, energy loss in a pipeline and in fittings.
Class discussion also includes pump selection process, pump performance measurements, the specific speed-efficiency relationship, affinity laws, the effect of pipeline diameter on required pump size, and net positive suction head.