2023 Pre-Seminar Workshop #3 - Pumping & Hydraulics Introductory

CEUs

0.3 CEUs

Description

This workshop will be focused on pump types and how they are used in applications including:
- Centrifugal pump basics and examples - Positive Displacement pump basics and examples
- Strengths and limitations of both pump types, and
- Specialized pumps in Municipal applications (Solids handling, Metering/Dosing, Staged Booster)

The material reviewed will also cover problem solving and troubleshooting pumping equipment with a focus on:
- Calculating basic system curves (reading pressure gauges with pump curves)
- Troubleshooting/Commissioning pumps (cavitation, air entrainment, high amperage draw, etc)
- Start-up documentation - Hydraulic analysis (basic transient behaviour), and
- Dealing with “Flushable” wipes

Presenter(s):
Stefan Fediw and Allan Miskolczi, John Brooks Company Ltd

The CEUs from this course can be used toward the following discipline(s) for certification renewal:

• Water treatment
• Water distribution
• Wastewater treatment
• Wastewater collection