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Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd Pumping Station Design 2Nd Edition by Robert L. Sanks
This award-winning book is written for a variety of potential readers; the expert and the beginner in the design office, members of a design team, the city engineer or chief engineer of a water or sewerage authority (or their subordinates) who may review plans This award-winning book is written for a variety of potential readers; the expert and the beginner in the design office, members of a design team, the city engineer or chief engineer of a water or sewerage authority (or their subordinates) who may review plans and specifications, and manufacturers and their representatives who should know how their equipment will be used in practice. Each author or contributor is an expert with many years experience in the subject concerned, and the whole content has been thoroughly reviewed and approved by equally qualified experts. This depth of experience and expertise contribute to make the book an essential addition to the bookshelves of any of the professionals noted above; it shows how to apply the fundamentals of various disciplines and subjects to produce a well-integrated pumping station which will be reliable, easy to operate and maintain, and free from design mistakes. Where inappropriate design can be costly for any of the foregoing reasons, there is simply no excuse for not taking expert advice from the pages of this book. Table of contents; List of examples; locator for equations, figures and tables; preface; authors and contributors; introduction; nomenclature; flow in conduit; piping; valves; fundamentals of hydraulic transients; control of hydraulic transients; electrical fundamentals and power system principles; electrical design; performance of centrifugal pumps; types of pumps; pumps; selection, installation and intakes; electric motors; engines; variable-speed pumping; pump-driver specifications; system design for wastewater pumping; system design for water pumping; system design for sludge pumping; instrumentation and control devices; instrumentation and control applications; vibration and noise; heating, ventilation and cooling; designing for easy operation and maintenance; summary of design considerations; station layout; avoiding blunders; contract documents; costs.