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How Do I Formulate a Pump Maintenance Schedule?
Author(s) -
Kline Pat
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2008.tb01990.x
Subject(s) - horsepower , installation , schedule , computer science , brake , engineering , automotive engineering , mechanical engineering , operating system
This month's question asks about formulating a pump maintenance schedule. The article provides a brief overview of pump design considerations first, which is necessary in planning a preventive maintenance schedule. Pump curves relate information on how the pump is performing related to capacity, head, pump efficiency and brake horsepower. The manufacturer can provide the shop pump curve, and the pump installer can generate a field pump curve for particular models. Generating your own pump curve on a periodic basis is important for comparing to the field pump curve to observe changes in performance. The article describes how pump performance can be indicated by comparing a graph of the flow vs. head readings of a pump with the operating curve of the pump.