Optimal Pump Management - electronic book

• Comprehensive coverage of pump technologies and design principles, from centrifugal to positive-displacement pumps
• Guidelines for improving energy efficiency using variable-frequency drives
• Practical advice for proper pump sizing, selection, and sealing solutions
• Maintenance strategies to reduce operational downtime and extend equipment life
• Case-based insights for implementing cost-effective condition monitoring and leak detection programs
• Guidance on materials selection, lubrication practices, and process safety improvements
• Includes multiple “Facts at Your Fingertips” reference cards for quick engineering decision support

• Chemical process engineers responsible for rotating equipment and fluid-handling systems
• Maintenance and reliability engineers seeking to improve uptime and reduce lifecycle costs
• Plant operations and asset managers in chemical and process industries
• Design and project engineers specifying pumps and associated systems
• Technical professionals focused on process optimization, safety, and cost reduction

Articles and Topics Include

• Principles of P&ID Development – Streamline efforts to develop piping and instrumentation diagrams
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Positive Displacement Pumps
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Measurement Guide for Replacement Seals
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Tubing for Peristaltic Dosing Pumps
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Flow Profile for Reciprocating Pumps
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Construction-Cost Indices
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Vacuum Pumps
• Optimizing Reciprocating Compressors for CPI Plants – Improve design, performance, and reliability of compressors
• Gear Units in CPI Plants – Improve the selection and operation of gear units in CPI plants
• Fire-Water Pumps for CPI Facilities – Enhance selection, design, and operation of firefighting pump systems
• Chemical Process Plants: Plan for Revamps – Maximize upgrades designed to improve plant operations or throughput
• Variable Frequency Drives – Algorithmic selection of VFDs for centrifugal pumps
• Sizing, Specifying and Selecting Centrifugal Pumps – Guidelines for preliminary sizing and cost estimation
• Lubricating Rotating Machinery – Improve lubricant selection and asset reliability
• Use Simplified Lifecycle-Cost Computations to Justify Upgrades – Methods for benchmarking and performance comparisons
• Remote Thermal Sensing – Use of infrared technology for predictive maintenance
• Pressurized Piping: Sampling Steam and Water – Ensuring accurate chemistry analysis and sampling
• Plot Plan Design: Process Requirements – Optimal layout and geographical equipment positioning
• Facts at Your Fingertips: The Impact of Off-BEP Pump Operation
• Lifecycle Costs for Capital Equipment in the CPI – Long-term cost considerations for capital investments
• A Primer on Reverse Osmosis Technology – Industrial and potable water treatment applications
• Materials Selection in the CPI – Key factors in materials of construction decisions
• Rotating Machinery: Operational Problems – Improve reliability, safety, and operation of rotating machinery
• Condition Monitoring for Rotating Machinery – Insights into pump and compressor performance
• Inline Viscosity Measurements – Maintain process control and product quality
• Piping-System Leak Detection and Monitoring – Minimize leaks through proactive design
• Oil-Mist Systems – Comparison of open and closed-loop lubrication designs
• Making Pump Maintenance Mandatory – Ensuring reliable operation in harsh process conditions
• Improving the Operability of Process Plants – The impact of turndown and rangeability
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Variable Frequency Drives
• Calculate NPSH with Confidence – Avoid pitfalls in determining net positive suction head
• The Benefits of Seal-less Pumps for Full Product Containment – Safety and operational benefits for hazardous chemicals
• Condition Monitoring Methods for Pumps – Optimize overhaul scheduling and maintenance cost savings
• Magnetically Driven Pumps: An Overview – Understanding sealless technologies and applications
• Mechanical Seals Update – Proper seal selection for pharmaceutical and food applications

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