Centrifugal Pump Hydraulics, Sizing And Design Practices

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.

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.

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