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2. Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks
Pumps
1st Edition - December 16, 2005
Author: William E. Forsthoffer
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 6 1 7 - 4 6 8 - 8
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 4 9 3 3 - 8
Over recent years there have been substantial changes in those industries which are concerned with the design, purchase and use of special purpose (ie critical, high-revenue)… Read more
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Over recent years there have been substantial changes in those industries which are concerned with the design, purchase and use of special purpose (ie critical, high-revenue) rotating equipment. Key personnel have been the victims of early retirement or have moved to other industries: contractors and end-users have reduced their technical staff and consequently have to learn complex material 'from scratch'. As a result, many companies are finding that they are devoting unnecessary man hours to the discovery and explanation of basic principles, and having to explain these to clients who should already be aware of them. In addition, the lack of understanding by contractors and users of equipment characteristics and operating systems often results in a 'wrong fit' and a costly reliability problem.Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbooks: Pumps presents the operation of pumps in a process system, (using the concept of pump required and produced head) pump selection for cost-effective maximum reliability, eliminating hydraulic disturbances in the design and field operationphases, control and protection, practical component monitoring of performance, bearing, seal and auxiliary system condition to assure optimum pump safety and reliability.Forsthoffer's Rotating Equipment Handbook: Pumps is the second title in the five volume set. The volumes are: 1. Fundamentals of Rotaing Equipment; 2. Pumps; 3. Compressors; 4. Auxiliary Systems; 5. Reliability Optimization through Component Condition Monitoring and Root Cause Analysis'.
* One of a five volume set which is the distillation of many years of on-site training by a well-known US Engineer who also operates in the Middle East.* A Practical book written in a succinct style and well illustrated throughout.
Any company employing maintenance engineers and technicians, especially gas, oil, water, mining, chemical and other process industries.
Introduction; Pump Types and Appplications; Pump Characteristics - positive displacement vs centrifugal (kinetic); Operation of a Pump in a Process System; Pump Performance Data; The Concept of Pump Head; Pump Selection; Centrifugal Pump Hydraulic Disturbances; Centrifugal Pump Testing; Pump Mechanical Design; Mechanical Seals; Pump Control and Protection; Conversion to Metric System
- No. of pages: 198
- Language: English
- Published: December 16, 2005
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Hardback ISBN: 9781856174688
- eBook ISBN: 9780080949338
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William E. Forsthoffer
President of Forsthoffer and Associates USA. Bill has authored 6 successful books at Elsevier, including Machinery Best Practices in 2011. He has 60 years’ experience in the Rotating Machinery Industry as a rotating machinery designer, project leader and trouble-shooter and has visited over 500 Plants Globally. Bill has had the opportunity to be involved with all types of rotating machinery: pumps, compressors, gears, mixers, extruders, melt pumps, steam turbines gas turbines, centrifuges, spin dryers and their associated components (Rotors, Bearings, Seals and Support Systems). His involvement has consisted of total component and system centrifugal compressor design for De Laval (Siemens), specification writing for ExxonMobil, selection of all types of rotating equipment for all major vendors, design audits, shop testing, start-up and troubleshooting for all major gas processing chemical and refining companies world-wide.
Affiliations and expertise
President, Forsthoffer, Associates, USA