CHAPTER VII

PUMPS AND PUMPING STATIONS

68. Need. 69. Reliability. 70. Equipment. 71. The Building. 72. Capacity of Pumps. 73. Capacity of Receiving Well. 74. Types of Pumping Machinery. 75. Sizes and Descriptions of Pumps. 76. Definitions of Duties and Efficiency. 77. Details of Centrifugal Pumps. 78. Centrifugal Pump Characteristics. 79. Setting of Centrifugal Pumps. 80. Steam Pumps and Pumping Engines. 81. Steam Turbines. 82. Steam Boilers. 83. Air Ejectors. 84. Electric Motors. 85. Internal Combustion Engines. 86. Selection of Pumping Machinery. 87. Costs of Pumping Machinery. 88. Cost Comparisons of Different Designs. 89. Number and Capacity of Pumping Units. 127–163