Pumps: Selection, Maintenance and Safety- Volume 2 - electronic book

• Guidance on sizing, specifying, and selecting pumps for a wide range of process conditions
• Recommendations for calculating net positive suction head (NPSH) to optimize pump operation
• Insights into sealless pumps and hygienic equipment fabrication for safe, contained operations
• Engineering tips for condition monitoring of pumps and other rotating machinery
• Foundational guidance on equipment installation, vibration mitigation, and P&ID development
• Best practices in commissioning capital equipment and using corrosion data to monitor aging assets
• Published between 2012 and 2019, providing practical, time-tested engineering advice

• Process, chemical, and mechanical engineers
• Plant operations and maintenance engineers
• Design engineers responsible for pump selection and system integration
• Reliability and maintenance specialists
• Technical managers in chemical, pharmaceutical, food-and-beverage, and biotech industries

Articles Include

• Principles of P&ID Development
• Mixing: Impeller Performance in Stirred Tanks
• Integrity of Aging Assets: Using Corrosion Data to Stave Off Extinction
• Continuous Monitoring of Corrosion Can Prevent Process Equipment Failures
• Crossflow Membrane Filtration Essentials
• Positive Displacement Pumps
• Flow Profile for Reciprocating Pumps
• Fire-Water Pumps for CPI Facilities
• Considerations for Estimating the Costs of Pilot-Scale Facilities
• Engineering & Construction (E&C): Modeling Integration Enables Optimized Execution
• Sizing, Specifying and Selecting Centrifugal Pumps
• Pump Sizing and Selection Made Easy
• Lifecycle Costs for Capital Equipment in the CPI
• Field Troubleshooting 101 and How to Get the Job Done
• Using Corrosion as a Process Variable
• Hygienic Process Equipment Fabrication
• Condition Monitoring for Rotating Machinery
• Storage Tanks: Heating and Cooling System Design
• Precision Grouting: Setting the Foundation for Equipment Reliability
• Safety in Sulfuric Acid Storage Tanks
• Best Practices in Capital Equipment Commissioning
• Coupler Technologies for Secure Chemical Handling
• Variable Frequency Drives
• Calculate NPSH with Confidence
• The Benefits of Seal-less Pumps for Full Product Containment
• Addressing Pumping Issues in Biopharmaceutical Operation
• Condition Monitoring Methods for Pumps

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