Michael Volk

Gebundenes Buch

Pump Characteristics and Applications

Beschreibung

This book offers a practical introduction to pumps and provides the tools necessary to select, size, operate, and maintain pumps properly. It highlights the interrelatedness of pump engineering, from system and piping design to installation and startup. It provides new case studies designed to show real-world applications. The book's art program has been redone, with most figures now appearing in full color. It is also an excellent text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in departments of mechanical engineering, mechanical engineering technology, or engineering technology.

Autor

Michael W. Volk, PE, is the president of Volk & Associates, Inc., Oakland, California, volkassociates.com, a consulting company specializing in pumps and pump systems. Volk's services include pump training seminars; pump equipment evaluation, troubleshooting, and field testing; expert witness for pump litigation; witnessing of pump shop tests; pump market research; and acquisition and divestiture consultation and brokerage. A member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a registered professional engineer, Volk received his BS degree (1973) in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his MS degree (1976) in mechanical engineering and his MS degree (1980) in management science from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He may be contacted at [e-mail].

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9781466563087
• ISBN-10: 1466563087
• Artikelnr.: 37517824