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    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

INPF 55011 - Centrifugal Pumps

0.42 CR
The pipefitting student will learn the operating principles of the centrifugal pump; the principles of installation, repair, and troubleshooting.

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.