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COURSE INFORMATION

Centrifugal Pump Hydraulics, Sizing And Design Practices
Type:
Training Course

Length:
1 Days
CEU:
0.8
PDH:
8

Fee:
$1195 CAD


Upcoming Sessions
Location:
Online - Live Training

Date:
Thursday, May 15, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Course Description
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This one-day course is for technical personnel involved in the sizing, selection and operation of Pumps in Oil and Gas Processing facilities. The course focuses on the hydraulic principles of centrifugal pumps, their sizing and system design. You will learn quick pump calculations for conceptual studies along with rules of thumb as well as rigorous calculation required during detailed engineering phase.

Participants will receive complete set of course materials and a sizing spreadsheet.

Who Should Attend
This course is tailored for individuals who have some pump basic knowledge and/or are seeking a deeper understanding of how centrifugal pumps work, and when and how to apply this knowledge. This course benefits those who are involved in some facet of pump design or application.

Technicians, Operators and Junior Engineers will find this course especially helpful and relevant.

  • Centrifugal Pump Fundamentals
  • Basic components of a Centrifugal Pump
  • Head and Pressure relationship
  • Sizing of the pump
  • Suction and discharge piping calculations
  • Pipe sizing criteria and design practices
  • NPSH and cavitation
  • Shut off or dead head
  • Calculate the power of pump required to do a certain pumping job
  • Difference between hydraulic, brake and rated power
  • Affinity laws
  • Understanding of Pump and System curves
  • Series and Parallel operation of pumps
  • Calculate the effects on pump performance of handling viscous liquids
  • When and why we need recycle for the pump?
  • Typical arrangement and configuration of a pump shown on P&ID
  • How to fill the pump datasheets?
  • Rules of thumb for pump, piping and system design
  • Charts, example, cheat sheet, figures, handy reference and many more.

M. Arshadul Huda, M.Eng, P.Eng, C.Eng, MIChemE
Mr. M. Arshadul Huda earned his Master of Engineering in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering from University of Calgary, Canada. Mr. Huda is a licensed Professional Engineer in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. He is also a member of Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and holds Chartered Engineer (C.Eng) status. Currently, he is working as Principal Process Engineer in an EPC company here in Calgary.

He is a seasoned and highly motivated process engineer with 20+ years of varied industrial experience in process design, technical services, process simulation, process studies, front-end & detailed engineering, process optimization, project economics evaluation and project coordination in operating and EPC environment focusing in Oil and Gas Processing Plants, Pipelines and Petrochemicals projects. He possesses strong technical and supervisory skills, and substantial experience in process operations troubleshooting and technical support.

Arshad is also a part-time teaching instructor by passion and has been doing this for the last 25 years. He has extensive experience of teaching from high school students to industry professionals.

Read More about M. Arshadul Huda, M.Eng, P.Eng, C.Eng, MIChemE

"Good course. Organized with great reference material. I liked that the questions were answered thoroughly and the instructor made sure that the material was well understood."
- Facilities Engineer

"Good amount of content covered. Knowledgable instructor and good dialogue."
- Facilities Engineer

"Good examples, and it was valuable to do hand calculations to verify the spreadsheets. Not too technical, with just the right amount of calculations. "
- Facilities Engineer

"Went through all the basics, started from the beginning which was beneficial as I haven't touched this since Uni. The exercises helped to practice the concepts. Instructor was well prepared, knowledgable of the subject and encouraged lots of questions."
- EIT

"A good beginner level course for pump designing."
- Anon.

"Instruction and content was well done. Calc participation was also very helpful."
- Project Engineer

"Very solid overview of pump basics, good depth of the calculations involved in specifying a pump. Good tips on things to consider for those not familiar with pump sizing. Very well organized, and good appendix sections. Rules of thumb for estimating piping losses with no info was good."
- Process Engineer

"Lots of hands on calculations which was good to gain familiarity with design calcs. Very good course. It covered a lot of design considerations related to pumps, which provided for great consideration and understanding."
- Project Engineer

"Good course for beginners. Good basic knowledge on how to read pump curves and calculating head on. I liked the section of converting curves of one fluid to another. The instruction was good. It was good pace and not rushed. The content was organized and covered all of the basics."
- EIT

"Very good!"
- Process Engineer

"Good course to understand the basics of pump fundamentals. Instructor is experiences and answered all the questions satisfactorily."
- Facility Engineer

"Good start with the fundamentals and the level of detail grew appropriately from there."
- Facilities Engineer

"The course met my expectations and the instructor provided great examples. The instructor explanations were clear and we now have great course materials."
- Mechanical Engineer

"Good. Good content."
- Manager

"Excellent course. Quite informative. Great spread sheet and industry info. The way it is presented is superb."
- Engineer