Turbopumps and Pumping Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nourbakhsh, S. Ahmad (Editor), Jaumotte, Baron Andre (Editor), Hirsch, Charles (Editor), Parizi, Hamideh B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Chemical engineering.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Fluid mechanics.; Engineering design.; Machinery.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Engineering Design.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.

This book covers most of the subjects that are requested by engineers, those who are directly involved in design and manufacturing the pumps to those who operate the pumps in industrial units. The authors have worked for many years teaching the subject, conducting research, and implementing pump and...

Table of Contents:

• Turbopumps
• to Turbopumps
• Fundamental Concepts
• Similarity Laws
• Cavitation
• Axial and Radial Thrusts
• Pumping Systems
• Operational Properties of Characteristic Curves
• Pipeline Calculations
• Pump Performance in a Piping System
• Water Hammer
• Pump Stations.