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Mechanical
Design of Pumping Stations - Pumping Equipment & Conditions
Edward Brunet, Jr., P.E.
Overview
This course covers Chapters 5, 6 & 7 in the US Army Corps
of Engineers document EM 1110-2-3105, "Mechanical and Electrical Design of
Pumping Stations". These chapters cover the pumping equipment, suction
piping, discharge piping and pipe material used in flood control pumping
stations.
This course is particularly relevant to engineers
responsible for designing flood control pumping stations. However, it also
relevant to any engineer responsible for or interested in learning about
designing piping systems in high flow, low head applications.
The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of
ten questions at the end of
this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
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Basic pump fundamentals for high flow, low head
applications
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Relative merits of axial-flow, mixed-flow and
centrifugal pumps.
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Considerations of capacity, head, NPSH, efficiency and
other factors in pumping station design
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Suction and discharge piping considerations in pumping
station design
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Pipe material and design considerations in pump station
design
Course
Click on the URL below to go to the document EM1110-2-3105, "Mechanical
and Electrical Design of Pumping Stations" on the US Army Corps of
Engineers website. Click on
the following chapters on the Corps of Engineers website to view (and print) the
material prior to
taking a quiz for credit. The quiz will be based only on the chapters
listed below.
Chapter 5 - Pumping Equipment
Chapter 6 - Pumping Conditions
Chapter 7 - Discharge System
Chapter 24 - List of Plates (Figures) - Note that only Plates 2 thru 8 are
relevant to this course.
Mechanical and Electrical Design of Pumping Stations
To obtain PDH credits for this course, you will need to take a quiz for
credit. Click on the link below.
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