Centrifugal Pumps

This last, the education of pump users, is precisely what this book was intended to do. To what extent we must have achieved our purpose, our readers must decide. My good friend and associate, J. T. (Terry) McGuire, and I have been working very closely together for a long time. Our view of engineering problems and of their solutions coincide to an astonishing degree. When I was asked to prepare a second edition of my book Centrifugal Pumps, it was logical that I turned to Terry and suggested that he be my coauthor on this project. He agreed to do so, and his cooperation has been most valuable, both in improving the resultant work and in easing my burden. It would be presumptuous on my part to pretend that nothing has changed in the technology of centrifugal pumps during the 30 years since I prepared the manuscript for the first edition of this book. Let me, then, speak of some of these changes.

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Written by two of the most authoritative pump engineers in the United States, this complete and up-to-date reference gathers practical information on all aspects of centrifugal pumps. Coverage spans from the classification of various forms of centrifugal pumps to the essential features of pump construction, application, installation, operation and maintenance.

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1 Pump Types and Construction.- 1. Classification and Nomenclature.- 2. Casings and Diffusers.- 3. Multistage Pump Casings.- 4. Impellers and Wearing Rings.- 5. Axial Thrust in Single- and Multistage Pumps.- 6. Hydraulic Balancing Devices.- 7. Shafts and Shaft Sleeves.- 8. Stuffing Boxes.- 9. Mechanical Seals.- 10. Breakdown Seals.- 11. Bearings.- 12. Couplings.- 13. Baseplates and Other Pump Supports.- 14. Special Designs: Vertical Pumps.- 15. Special Designs: Self-Priming Pumps.- 16. Special Effect Pumps.- 17. Materials of Construction.- II Pump Performance.- 18. Heads, Conditions of Service, Performance Characteristics, and Specific Speed.- 19. Suction Conditions and Limitations on Suction Performance.- 20. System-Head Curves.- 21. Pumps and Energy Conservation.- 22. Pump Operation at Off-Design Conditions.- III Controls, Drivers, and Priming.- 23. Controls.- 24. Drivers.- 25. Priming.- IV Services and Selection of Pumps.- 26. Services.- 27. Procuring Centrifugal Pumps.- V Installation, Operation, Maintenance, and Diagnostics.- 28. Installation.- 29. Operation.- 30. Monitoring and Performance Testing.- 31. Maintenance.- 32. Diagnostics of Field Problems.- VI Development.- 33. The Centrifugal Pump of Tomorrow.- Data Section.