Pump Essentials - electronic book

• Guidance for selecting, sizing, and installing centrifugal, sealless, and magnetically driven pumps
• Insights into pump operation and troubleshooting, including off-BEP considerations
• Condition monitoring and maintenance recommendations for reliable pump operation
• Design and operation guidance for pressure-relief systems and variable frequency drives
• Lifecycle-cost and construction-cost guidance for CPI equipment
• Engineering tips for improving plant flexibility and operational efficiency

• Chemical process engineers
• Plant operations and maintenance personnel
• Reliability and mechanical engineers
• Project and turnaround managers
• Health, safety, and environmental specialists

Articles

• Principles of P&ID Development
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Positive Displacement Pumps
• Flow Profile for Reciprocating Pumps
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Construction-Cost Indices
• Vacuum Pumps
• Fire-Water Pumps for CPI Facilities
• Chemical Process Plants: Plan for Revamps
• Sizing, Specifying and Selecting Centrifugal Pumps
• Lubricating Rotating Machinery
• Use Simplified Lifecycle-Cost Computations to Justify Upgrades
• The Impact of Off-BEP Pump Operation
• Lifecycle Costs for Capital Equipment in the CPI
• Vortex Breakers in Practice
• Field Troubleshooting 101 and How to Get the Job Done
• Condition Monitoring for Rotating Machinery
• Optimizing Pressure Relief Systems
• Safety in Sulfuric Acid Storage Tanks
• Making Pump Maintenance Mandatory
• Improving the Operability of Process Plants
• Variable Frequency Drives Calculate NPSH with Confidence
• The Benefits of Seal-less Pumps for Full Product Containment
• Condition Monitoring Methods for Pumps
• Magnetically Driven Pumps: An Overview

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