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Pump and Motor Basics, Selection and Optimization

Learn how to do selection for pump and motor from the working principles and fundamentals of fluid mechanics
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Platform: Udemy
Video: 3h 27m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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Description

Pumps and motors are essential in many applications. However, they are often neglected, wrongly sized and overlooked on the efficiency. With an inefficient pumping system, you will be wasting precious energy every day!
In the first two topics, I will go through the fundamentals first, right from fluid mechanic theories such as Bernoulli and Energy Equation, and how to relate the theories to real life application. You will also learn how to plot the system curve, interpret a pump curve and size a suitable pump for your application.
In the next two topics, you will learn how to calculate motor input power, motor output power, motor efficiency, interpret the motor name plate and finally size a motor for a particular pump application. You will also learn how to determine and optimize the whole motor driven system.
Please join me in this exciting journey and i hope to see you soon!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Some 5 stars reviews from the students:

“He knows his profession, it’s a great course to build upon if your working with Pumps etc.” – Santia Elias

“Very useful and practical course.” – 홍해일

“yes is was informative and and will assist with practical applications in the field” -Scott Gale

“This course its very important for me because i need after fished this course i can make a friction calculation and i can make pump selection.” -Hany Hafez Eltawila

“It is informative and Abbreviated” -Seif Kushha

“Great review of fluid dynamics course” -Sayat Zabikh

Learning Outcomes and Content
1) Losses in fluid flow in pipes
•Explain frictional and minor losses in pipe flow
•Apply the energy equation and system characteristics in a flow system
•Evaluate pipe flow with losses using the energy equation
2) Pump selection and sizing
•Explain the balance of pump and system characteristics
•Select pumps for maximum efficiency by applying pump selection and sizing procedure
•Assess the operating conditions in pump systems
3) Motor selection and sizing
•Describe the basic configuration of a motor-driven system
•Explain the various types of load characteristics and how they affect motor selection and sizing
•Select motors for maximum efficiency by applying motor selection and sizing procedure
•Assess the operating conditions in pump systems
4) Efficiency considerations and motor installation
•Explain the various losses and efficiencies in a motor-driven system
•Examine the various methods of efficiency improvement in motor-driven systems
•Describe the importance of proper mounting and alignment in motor-driven systems
•Describe the methods of alignment between motor and load
•Describe the considerations for motor replacement and rewinding

You will learn

✓ Calculate losses in fluid flow in pipes
✓ Pump selection and sizing
✓ Motor selection and sizing
✓ Efficiency considerations and motor installation

Requirements

• Some engineering and physics knowledge is preferable but not mandatory. All the concepts are explained in depth using an easy to understand language to allow students to build their knowledge from the ground up

This course is for

• Engineering student
• Facilities engineer
• Building engineer
• Pump engineer
Practitioner and Trainer for Building Engineers
Hello! I graduated with a masters in mechanical engineering and I started off my career as a Heating Ventilation and Air-Conditioning engineer.
As a HVAC engineer, my job is to do the design and equipment selection for the water side and air side of the air conditioning system, such as chillers, cooling towers, pumps and piping. The air side includes air handling unit, fan coil unit and ducting system.
After years of experience, I decided to move on to a Building Management System company as an application engineer. It is one of the best decision I have made in my career life as I got to learn so much about the trade through this role, which I have never thought of as a HVAC designer. I got to master the controls of HVAC within a building, and specialized in optimizing HVAC system performance for energy savings.
And now, I provide consultancy services and training workshops to building owners and facility managers. I equip them with the knowledge on how to reduce their building energy consumption significantly through the air conditioning system. With my new found passion in teaching, knowledge sharing and online course creation, I hope to reach out to more people who are interested in my area of expertise globally!
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Platform: Udemy
Video: 3h 27m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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