Pump Installation and Maintenance

Covers basic pumping concepts. Describes required maintenance of packing and seals. Covers maintenance and overhaul of centrifugal pumps. Concludes with the maintenance of rotary pumps. This course has no prerequisites. Pump Installation and Maintenance is available in online maintenance training and course manual formats. Lesson 1 - Basic Pumping Concepts Topics: Available and required NPSH; Checking pump capacity; Computing pump power requirements; Operational factors; Priming a pump Learning Objectives: – Compute the amount of work done when given values for force and distance. – Name the two types of energy. – Check a pump's capacity by determining the NPSHA of the system. – Compute the brake horsepower required to drive a pump under given conditions. – Explain how to prime a fluid-handling pump. Lesson 2 - Maintaining Packing and Seals Topics: Selecting packing material; Removing old, installing new pac