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One of the key aspects of a hydronic mechanical system is the pump. If the pump isn’t designed or selected correctly, the entire system will not function. Using general principles and rules of thumb ...

Centrifugal pumps are the most common pumps in a process plant. Despite their pivotal role in operations, however, they are often the plant's least understood and most inefficiently operated equipment ...

In wastewater applications, if a pump stops working, it is usually assumed that the pump is the source of the problem. However, this is not always true. In fact, a large number of failures happen due ...