Positive Displacement Pumps A Guide to Performance Evaluation [Paperback]

Positive Displacement Pumps is a current reference guide for positive displacement pumps for both traditional and state-of-the-art testing methods, and serves as a bridge between textbooks and manufacturer's literature by providing equipment testing practices based on technical know-how, practical experience, and academic theory. With its simple, practical focus, this book not only is a resource guide to any engineer's task, but also adds important information to the overall literature of pump fundamentals and operating reliability:

• Written for field users, and terminology concisely defined.
• A mentoring guide highlighting areas for troubleshooting problem-solving when performance criteria are not met.
• Produced with industry consensus and gone through the same rigorous technical review process as other ETPC procedures.

100.0 INTRODUCTION.

200.0 EXTENDED DEFINITIONS OF MAJOR TERMS, WITH EXPLANATIONS, CONVERSION FACTORS, AND NOMENCLATURE.

200.1 Positive Displacement Pump.

200.2 Fluid versus Liquid.

200.3 Flow.

200.4 Pressure.

200.5 Net Positive Inlet Pressure (NPIP).

200.6 Power.

200.7 Efficiency.

200.8 Torque.

200.9 Viscosity.

200.10 Specific Gravity.

200.11 Revolutions per Minute (rpms).

200.12 Extended Definitions.

300.0 TYPES OF PUMPS COVERED IN THIS PROCEDURE.

300.1 Gear Pumps.

300.2 Lobe Pumps.

300.3 Multiple Screw Pumps.

300.4 Vane Pumps.

300.5 Progressive Cavity Pumps.

300.6 Diaphragm Pumps.

300.7 Piston/Plunger Pumps.&lÃ'