Pump Selection, Installation Performance And Control
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COURSE OVERVIEW
This programme provides a comprehensive understanding of the various types of reciprocating, rotary, and centrifugal pumps. This includes piston pumps, plunger pumps, rotary pumps, screw pumps, two- and three-lobe pumps, cam pumps, vane pumps, bellows-type metering pumps, diaphragm pumps, canned motor pumps, and centrifugal pumps. The characteristics, selection criteria, sizing calculations, sealing arrangements, common problems, repair techniques, as well as pump performance and control.
This programme covers how pumps operate and provides the guidelines and rules that must be followed for their successful application. This programme provides the following for all types of pumps and bearings:
- Basic Design
- Specification
- Selection Criteria
- Sizing Calculations
- Sealing Arrangements
- Common Operational Problems
- All Diagnostics, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance

5 DAYS

TCS-PM0101

PRE-REQUISITES
- Technicians and Engineers
- Maintenance personnel
- Senior Formen
COURSE OBJECTIVE
- Maximize the efficiency, reliability, and longevity of all types of pumps.
- Size and select out of the various types of dynamic and positive displacement pumps using the performance characteristics and the selection criteria that you learn in this programme.
- Carry out diagnostic testing and inspection of critical components with the knowledge of common failure modes of pumps by applying advanced fault detection techniques.
- Select bearings and lubrication, pump sealing arrangements, meet commissioning requirements, troubleshoot, provide predictive and preventive maintenance, enhance reliability, and reduce cost.
- Determine the maintenance required to minimize pump downtime and operating cost and maximize its efficiency, reliability, and useful life.
- Gain a thorough understanding of pump characteristics.
- Understand all the causes of failures in pumps.
- Determine all the design features that improve the efficiency and reliability of all pumps.
- Design different types of pumping systems.
- Gain a thorough understanding of the various types of sealing arrangements used in compressors.
COURSE OUTLINE
Pump Selection Process
Introduction
- Centrifugal vs Positive Displacement Pumps
- The Basic Operating Principle
- Introduction to the Pump Performance Curve
The Selection Process
- Determining the Flowrate
- Calculating System Resistance
- Understand the System Resistance Curve
o Dealing with System Changes
o Understand the Pump Curve - Controlling the Flow - VSD vs Control Valve
The Pump Curve
- Reading the Curve Selecting the Pump
- What is a Good/Poor Selection
- The Significance of the Best Efficiency Point
- Calculating Power Consumption
Pump Installation And Operation
- Pumps in Parallel
- Pumps in Series
- When it Works / When it Doesn’t Work
- Speed Change vs Flowrate
- Impeller Diameter Changes
Cavitation
- Cavitation
- Nett Positive Suction Head Available
- Nett Positive Suction Head Required
- How Cavitation Impacts on Pump Selection
- How High Can You Put Your Pump
Installation and Commissioning
- Piping Set-Up
- Installation
- Commissioning
- Monitoring
Pump Performance, Flowrate Vs Reliability
- Problems Operating at Low Flow
- Problems Operating at High Flow
- Vibration, Temperature, Radial Loads, Seal Failures
- Suction Specific Speed and Reliable Operation
Purchasing Reliable Equipment
- Reliability Begins with the Specification
- Reliable Hydraulic / Mechanical Selection
- Writing the Specification
Pump Maintenance And Monitoring
- A ‘Typical’ Pump Overhaul
- What Else Should Get Done
- Ensuring Long Term Reliability
- What to Monitor and Why
Troubleshooting Problems
- Typical Problems and Causes
- Troubleshooting - Getting to the Root Cause
- The Troubleshooting Process
Wear vs Performance
- Loss of Performance – Pump or Systems
- Worn Clearance vs Loss of Performance
Pump System Operation And Control
- Key operating considerations
- Pump flow control
- Systems using pump discharge valve control
- Systems with pumps in parallel and inlet sump
- Level control
- Systems with discharge pipe siphons
- Pump starting and stopping
- Course Review and evaluation