The Difference Between Memorization and Learning
Memorization and learning are two different things. As I look back on my own education—formal and real life—most of the facts and figures that I memorized are long gone. Even today, routine details...
View ArticlePumps in Renewable Power Generation
Worldwide, countries have committed to significantly increase their share of electricity generated from renewable sources by 2020. Several renewable sources will contribute to meeting the expected...
View ArticlePumps in Action: Hurricane Recovery
More than two weeks after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the U.S. Northeast and claimed the lives of at least 121 people, pumps continue to work at maximum capacity to help clean up and restore the...
View ArticlePumps in Action: Hurricane Protection
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans metro area, Hurricane Isaac made landfall on Aug. 28, 2012, as a Category 1 hurricane just southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River...
View ArticlePump Demand in Power Generation
The growing demand for energy across the globe is fueled by a number of factors that tackle the needs of an increasing population and rising standards of living.
View ArticlePeristaltic Pumps in Water and Wastewater
Water is an amazing commodity— a building block of life. Organisms ranging from humans to plants to animals cannot survive without it.
View ArticleHow to Use Casing Vibration to Assess Cavitation
This article will discuss a case of how measuring vibration can help detect cavitation issues. It will also show how this can relate to a bigger problem at the plant. Sometimes a proposed change of...
View ArticleFSA Sealing Sense - December 2012
Compression packing used as a valve stem seal requires a compressive load. The appropriate compressive load can be accomplished by the most common method—to compress the packing by a fixed percentage...
View ArticleCalculating the Performance of Multistage Pumps Operating in Parallel
It is common to use graphical techniques to determine the performance of multiple centrifugal pumps operating in series or in
View ArticleBuffer and Barrier Fluids
As end users face increasingly restrictive leakage and safety regulations, a growing number are turning to multiple seal arrangements. Multiple sealing arrangements require a liquid or gas buffer or...
View ArticleHI Pump FAQs: December 2012
Q. How should measurement uncertainty be accounted for when running a hydraulic acceptance performance test of a rotodynamic pump?
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