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INPF 55021 - Positive Displacement Pumps

0.42 CR
The student will learn about positive displacement pumps and the procedures for maintaining the pumps.

Course Learning Outcomes:
  1. Identify the styles of centrifugal and positive displacement pumps.
  2. Interpret pump curve information.
  3. Define cavitation, net positive head, max and allowable flow rate, shutoff head, total head and flow rate, and pump slip.
  4. Demonstrate disassembling and re-assembling a centrifugal and positive displacement pump.
  5. Distinguish between pump in series vs. parallel.
  6. Identify types of pump seals.