Centrifugal Pump Components for Schools

Pumps are essential to virtually all industrial processes and they play critical roles in our everyday lives, supplying fresh water to homes and supporting the operation of motor vehicles. In this interactive online course we will cover the two major components directly responsible for increasing the energy of liquid leaving a centrifugal pump, the characteristics of the three different types of radial pump impellers, and the common function of a volute case and case diffuser. We will also cover over the roles of bearings in a pump, how a stuffing box creates a shaft seal, and how a mechanical seal works.

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Centrifugal Pump Components for Schools

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Duration: 21 minutes

Language: EN

Author | Jay Scheldorf

Jay Scheldorf is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from the University of Idaho. After graduating he worked for UOP, commissioning and troubleshooting oil refinery processes around the world. He was a founding partner at Pacific Simulation, which provided simulation software, services, and simulation-based training to the pulp and paper industry. Jay also spent time as a control engineer at Ahlstrom, working primarily on Kamyr digesters. At Convergence Training he developed and supervised the production of hundreds of pulp and paper-related online training modules, as well as a variety of general technical and safety-related modules.

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