Pumping Machinery

Unit-I

Principles of Hydraulic Machinery
Dynamic Section of Fluid
Dynamic force and torque executed by fluid jet on plain
Pumps (Positive Displacement Pumps)Reciprocating pumps
structure and working principal

Unit-II

Centrifugal pumps and its characteristics
water lifting devices
Ejector pumps
Air-lift pump installation operation
Parallel–Series
Pump Section
Maintenance and application

Unit-III

The flow of water through open channels
pipe hose and nozzles
KINEMATICS OF FLUIDS FLOW
path lines and stream lines

Unit-IV

Energies-potential
pressure and kinetic
Momentum and energy equations for steady flow
Barnoulli’s theorem and its applications
Pressure measurements
use of piezometers and static tubes
velocity measurements

Unit-V

Dimensional homogeneity
Buckingham's p theorems
Laws of Similarity
Friction losses in pipes
Hydraulic and energy gradient lines
Pipes in series and parallel
Water hammer problems