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Pumps are commonly encountered in industry and are essential to the smooth running of many industrial complexes. Mechanical engineers entering industry often have little practical experience of pumps and their problems, and need to build up an understanding of the design, operation and appropriate use of pumps, plus how to diagnose faults and put them right. This book tackles all these aspects in a readable manner, drawing on the authors' long experience of lecturing and writing on centrifugal pumps for industrial audiences.
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Know and Understand CUSTODIO c Know and Understand Cent r ifuga I Pumps Know and Understand Centr ifuga I Pumps by Larry Bachus and Angel Custodio ELSEVIER UK USA JAPAN Elsevier Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Cdlington, Oxford OX5 lGB, UK Elsevier Inc, 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010- 1710, USA Elsevier Japan, Tsunashima Building Annex, 3-20-12 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan Copyright 0 2003 Bachus Company, Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form o r by any means: electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Bachus, Larry Know and understand centrifugal pumps 1.Centrifugal pumps I.Title II.Custodio, Angel 62 1.6’7 ISBN 1856174093 N o responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Published by Elsevier Advanced Technology, The Boulevard, La