Pump Wisdom Problem Solving for Operators and Specialists

PUMP WISDOM was compiled to explain elusive failure causes. Some have to do with pump selection, others have to do with overlooked installation criteria or are simply the result of small deviations that add up. In other words, while a certain assembly dimension may be allowed to reach a defined upper limit, allowing another, and yet another deviation to reach its upper limit on the remaining pump components will lead to operation in a vulnerable region where frequent failures occur. This book sheds light on the issue and, quite unlike any other condensed text, shows exactly what to do so centrifugal process pumps don't fail again.

Heinz P. Bloch is a consulting engineer in lowa and a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey and Texas. He served over twenty years as Exxons regional machinery specialist in the United States. A Life Fellow of ASME, Mr. Bloch has authored eighteen books, almost give hundred papers and articles, and conducted over five hundred technical courses. He helped found Texas AMs International Pump Users Symposium, worked as an editor on Hydrocarbon Processing magazine, and served as chairman of a yearly International Process and Power Plant Reliability Conference for close to a decade.