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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Pumping Engineering and Pipelines

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 338-0721/02
Abbreviation HGF
Course title Pumping Engineering and Pipelines
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Sylva Drábková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

The course deals with the pipe flow, solution of various pipe flow problems and application of pumps as a source of pressure for liquids transport. Basic concepts of positive displacement and kinetic pumps are explained as well as their typical properties and field of application. Operation and control of pumps based on the pumping system requirements is explained. Attention is also focused on cavitation in pumps, determination of net positive suction head and operational parameters, typical pump constructions, classification based on specific speed, main concept of pumping stations design, etc.
Exercises are aimed to practical solution of fluid transport problems using the software EXCEL. Experimental measurement of performance curves under various operational conditions is also included.

Literature

BRENNEN, C. E. Hydrodynamics of Pumps. Cambridge 1994, 287 p. ISBN 978-1-107-00237-1  [online] Datum poslední revize 16.6.2004. Dostupné z
<http://caltechbook.library.caltech.edu/22/3/pumbook.pdf>.

Advised literature

ASWATHA NARAYANA, P. A., SEETHARAMU, K. N.: Engineering Fluid Mechanics. Alpha Asience International Ltd., Harrow, U.K., 2005
SHAUGHNESSY, Edward J., KATZ, Ira M., SCHAFFER, James P. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, xiv, 1018, [24] s. ISBN 0-19-515451-7.
www.pumps.org
www.europump.org