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Centrifugal Pumps: Operation and Maintenance
How centrifugal pumps work, why they fail, and how to operate and maintain them well. Covers hydraulic principles and the pump curve, NPSH and cavitation, operating away from best efficiency point, alignment and installation, and the failure modes that dominate maintenance workload.
Taught by Icompetent Solutions
- Modules
- 7
- Lessons
- 30
- Duration
- 5h 55m
- Level
- Intermediate
- Quizzes
- 7 graded
- Enrolled
- 15
Course content
7 modules · 30 lessons · 5h 55m
Where centrifugal pumps fit, how to read their data, the basic calculations, and the hazards of working on them.
- Pump Families and ConfigurationsPreview11 min
- Reading a Pump Data Sheet and Nameplate11 min
- Head, Pressure and Power Calculations12 min
- Working Safely on Pumps11 min
- Orientation quiz8 questions · pass 70%
Topics covered
Centrifugal Pumps
Pump Curve
NPSH
Cavitation
Rotating Equipment
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