 The purpose of this book is to provide a basic understanding of the compressed air systems, equipment, and technologies that are available on the market today. You might have many years of experience with a specific compression system, but the catalogs and sales literature just aren't providing you with the information you need.
Maybe you've just been assigned the compression system as part of your responsibilities and you have no experience whatsoever with this type of equipment. Oftentimes, the compressors are the bastard child of a company's capital equipment and no one in particular is responsible for them. If you head up the company's maintenance department, the compressors probably fall under your responsibilities.
You may be a salesman who works with pneumatic-powered equipment and, from time to time, are asked to comment on your customer's compression systems. In any case, this book will give you the baseline information that will allow you to make well-informed decisions about specifying, expanding, or assessing a compression system.
Like many technical people, I felt that I had a clear conceptual understanding of air compression, I mean, what's to know? You suck in some air, you smash it into a tank. Simple! I even built an air compressor from an old auto AC pump and a piece of pipe when I was in high school.
 This interesting and practical volume has been intended to cover both types of pumps, namely rotary and centrifugal pumps, and offer the learners of engineering and, in fact, all of the involved industry participants a concise yet enough detailed reference tool touching all aspects of the design, technical performance, and main operating principles of the different types of pumps.
The author has made a brilliant attempt to address all areas, starting from the brief historical overview and to the very latest developments and recent technological trends, focusing primarily on the information that would bear the practicality and applicability to the real-world situations, as well as to the techniques that the users could implement immediately. The text part starts with the chapters providing readers with some fundamental technical knowledge required to understand how pumps are working. Then, there are some illustrative and informative practical case studies that address the pumpage, pump system interaction, applications, reliability of the pumps, together with the popular practical solutions proven effective, failure analysis methods etc.
This truly comprehensive title also includes the critical specification parameters and applicable criteria for various types of pumps. The materials provided in the volume will definitely be of great practical use to all members of the maintenance staff.
 The present training course program has been developed for marine engineers and ship deck officers who are involved in the management and day-to-day operation and maintenance of the BWT, i.e. bilge water treatment systems on board marine vessels. The declared purpose of this program is to update the technical knowledge of the existing relevant regulations and treatment techniques relating to the bilge water.
The authors of the course have particularly emphasized numerous practical exercises on the management/operation of bilge water in order to demonstrate the expertise and due understanding of both treatment and disposal of bilge water. Among the topics covered within this publication there are oily water treatment techniques, monitoring systems, applicable regulations, PSC inspection, correct management of the oil record book and other important aspects.
The main objective of the present training course is to upgrade the relevant technical skills and knowledge of the learners. Trainees who have completed this training would be able to explain the fundamental principles of MARPOL Annex I, understand the methods of physical and chemical bilge water treatment, correctly fill in the ORB, explain how PSC inspections are done, and know the role and attitude of the seafarers in preventing the pollution.
 The useful and practical guidance prepared by the recognized industry professional Ross McKay, who specializes in assisting the industrial companies in reducing both running operating as well as maintenance costs relating to the pumping arrangements and systems, and intended to provide all interested readers with a solid engineering practices related to the pumping systems as well as the useful troubleshooting and pump diagnostics reference.
The publication shall definitely be considered a very practical account of pumping arrangement, seals and pipes - it starts with the basics and presents all required technical information presented in quite accessible way, and it covers nearly all aspects of the whole pumping process and describing what exactly could go wrong. It will be very useful to the people including students and workers of the industry who are willing to improve their knowledge and proper understanding of the construction of pumps together with their working principles in order to minimize the failures that might happen to the equipment in question and reduce the associated time-out.
The book comprises of chapters addressing the centrifugal pumps, pump and system hydraulics, selection and purchasing of the pumps, sealing of the stuffing box, suction condition, bearings, special applications of the pumps etc., covering all relevant aspects.
 We are offering you a very convenient and remarkably concise reference book released for all users of pumps as well as the application engineers, service and maintenance technicians, and buyers of the above mentioned equipment.
The publication contains, in a very condensed form, huge amount of very valuable technical information on selected types of the centrifugal pumps and positive displacement pumps for given applications, creating the associated paperwork, choosing the best manufacturers of the equipment, and checking the correctness of the vendor data. The readers will find a complete description of those types of pumps together with the terns and technical parameters that are used in pump applications.
In his publication the author, Uno Wahren, outlines all technical data usually required by the engineers, clients and buyers to obtain a correct and comprehensive quote. The book may definitely be treated as a basic yet complete guide to pumps providing the coverage of all technical aspects from specification to the installation and operation. The chapters of the book cover the parameters, calculations, data for specifying pumps, types of pump and their specifications, pump curves, vibration, shaft sealing, viscosity effect, bearings, metallurgy maters, pump drivers, gears and couplings, etc.
 The present eighth release of the world famous publication has retained the directness of the approach applied by the author, Doog Woodyard, and careful attention paid to the essential detail characterizing the predecessors. There have been some new chapters added covering the monitoring control systems plus the governor systems; in this new release of the book the gas turbines have also been addressed together with the most important and relevant safety aspects of the diesel engine operation and maintenance.
It also touches some of the important latest developments, for example the latest diesel-electric liquid natural gas carriers. The high quality text part of the book is supplemented with the numerous labeled images and figures included for better understanding. The chapters of the book provide all readers with the up-to-date technical details and this book will be much appreciated by the people who are studying for the COC, i.e. certificates of competency.
According to the reviews of the customers all over the world, this volume shall be treated as the invaluable reference source for any person with the interest in marine engineering, and involved in design, construction, pre-installation and post-installation testing, maintenance and repair of the diesel engines.
 The long list of topics covered within this publication there are compressors, refrigerants, the refrigeration cycle, water towers, condensers, oil in the refrigerant circuits, expansion valves, evaporators, cold store construction, controls and other air conditioning circuit components - their selection and balancing, materials and construction, site erection, and many more, liquid chillers, brines, ice and thermal storage, refrigeration technologies used in the food trades, dairy and some other industries, freezing and freeze-drying of food, refrigeration and air-conditioning load estimation, air movement and different air conditioning methods, air drying and dehumidifiers, heat recovery, heat pumps, control systems, commissioning and important operational matters, periodical maintenance and servicing, fault training, training, economy and efficiency in operation, and catalogue selection.
This work provides several practical examples of the real-life applications of the refrigeration technology and is also showing readers the numerous options that are available to solve the problems that commonly occur in the mechanical cooling systems. Of course, the readers shall understand that it is absolutely not possible to include the all information required to design a complete system in one volume. However, the publication outlines the basic design principles.
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