Course Summary:

Pumping Equipment and Systems: Selecting, Operating, Maintaining, and Troubleshooting

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Topics

  • Pump Components and Materials
  • Hydraulics, Selection, and Curves
  • Pump Types and Applications
  • Electric Motors, Enclosures, and Insulation
  • Bearings, Lubrication, and Sealing Systems
  • Energy Conservation and Life Cycle Costs
  • Variable Speed Systems and VFDs
  • Software Alternatives
  • Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting

Audience

  • Engineers
  • Operators
  • Consulting engineers
  • Municipal and industrial pump users
  • Water and wastewater personnel
  • Chemical and petroleum pump users
  • Maintenance managers and technicians

Benefits

  • Understand seals, impellers, shafts, bearings, and lubrication
  • Select the best pumps and motors for your business
  • Improve your knowledge of practical hydraulics
  • Extend the life of your pumping equipment
  • Understand electric motors and VFDs
  • Improve your pump installation and maintenance practices
  • Reduce your energy costs
  • Includes a copy of the hardcover textbook, Pump Characteristics and Applications, 2nd Edition, by Michael Volk, P.E., your instructor

Earn PDH, LU, CEU

By participating in this course, you will earn 15 Professional Development Hours (PDH) and 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU). Learn more about PDH, LU, CEU and state licensing boards.

Instructors

Michael W. Volk, P.E., President, Volk and Associates, Inc., Oakland, California

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