After completing this course, the licensee should be able to:
- Describe dead-end and recirculating hot water distribution systems.
- List several special considerations involved in chemical pumping systems.
- Define the term viscosity and give examples of high-viscosity materials.
- Describe suction head and suction lift pumping conditions.
- Tell what three elements make up total dynamic head.
- Define static suction head.
- Contrast liquid, brake, and electrical horsepower.
- Tell what information can be gained from pump curves.
- Describe the function of the following: pump casing, shaft, impeller, wear rings, and stuffing box.
- Contrast frame-mounted and close-coupled end- suction pumps.
- Give characteristics of fluids pumped with open, semi-open, and closed impellers.
- Name an advantage and a disadvantage each for stainless steel and brass shaft sleeves.
- Explain the construction of a lineshaft turbine pump.
- Name the two types of flow in a propeller pump.
- Tell the function of diffuser vanes in an axial-flow propeller pump.
- Define electrochemical corrosion and state its cause.
- Describe fluids that can be pumped by a regenerative turbine pump.
Course Format: Text
Credit Type: Drinking Water
Course ID(s): 570-8997-18613
Approved By: State Department of Health - Bureau of Water Supply Protection
- Pumps: Part 1
- Pumps: Part 1 [42 Activities]
- 01. The Development of Pumps
- 02. Pumping Systems
- 03. Water Pumping Systems
- 04. Chemical Pumping Systems
- 05. Waste Pumping Systems
- 06. High-Viscosity Material Pumping Systems
- 07. Solid Pumping Systems
- 08. Pumping Terminology
- 09. Calculating Total Head
- 10. Horsepower Calculations
- 11. Total Energy vs Available NPSH
- 12. Available NPSH vs Required NPSH
- 13. Pump Performance Curves
- 14. Head Capacity Curves
- 15. Curve Families
- 16. Pump Selection
- 17. Centrifugal Pumps
- 18. Pump Part Definitions
- 19. End-Suction Casing Configurations
- 20. Split-Case Centrifugal Pumps
- 21. Double-Volume Pumps
- 22. Impeller Types
- 23. Wear Rings
- 24. Shafts, Bearings, and Sleeves
- 25. Turbine Pumps Overview and Lineshaft Turbines
- 26. Can Turbines
- 27. Submersible Turbines
- 28. Flow Patterns
- 29. Axial-Flow Propeller Pumps
- 30. Mixed-Flow Propeller Pumps
- 31. Special Propeller Pumps and Turbine Pump Construction
- 32. Vertical Turbine Pump Application
- 33. Regenerative Turbine Pumps
- 34. Introduction to Rotary Pumps
- 35. External-Gear Pumps
- 36. Internal-Gear Pumps
- 37. Lobe Pumps
- 38. Screw Pumps
- 39. Vane Pumps
- 40. Rotary Piston Pumps
- 41. Flexible-Members Pumps
- 42. Rotary Pump Installations
- Pumps: Part 1 [42 Activities]
- Course Completion
- Certificate of Achievement