Centrifugal Pumps Course
| Course Number: | FLD-005 |
| Course Field: | Fluid Flow |
| PDH Credits: | 2 |
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Course Overview
Centrifugal pumps are one of the most common components found in fluid systems. In order to understand how a fluid system containing a centrifugal pump operates, it is necessary to understand the head and flow relationships for a centrifugal pump.
This course discusses:
- Energy conversion in a centrifugal pump
- Operating characteristics of a centrifugal pump
- Cavitation
- Net positive suction head
- Pump laws
- System characteristic curve
- System operating point
- System use of multiple centrifugal pumps
- Centrifugal pumps in parallel
- Centrifugal pumps in series
Course Content
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Quiz
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