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Hello! Welcome to the wonderful world of pumps. Learn about pumps
and pump systems. You can do calculations and trouble-shoot pump problems, everything is FREE.
Need a shoulder to cry on, check out the forum. Whhhooo... and there's lots more:
This owner of this web site is not affiliated in any way with a pump manufacturer or any other associated organization. When
specific products are presented it is because they offer good educational content.
View this interesting animated video of a magnetic drive centrifugal pump by Richter Pumps.
Science joke of the day:2. The Heineken Uncertainty Principle says "You can never be sure how many beers you had last night."
Video tutorials Why? Because you can get the gist of a subject in a minute when someone tells you about it.
1. Pumps and how they work. The basics: pumping from one tank to another Support document: Head and pressure formulas and sketches
2. The syphon and the demise of lightmypump.com
3. Determining flow and pump total head. Support document: Pipe friction tables
4. More about pressure, head and the syphon
5. Branch systems
6. Suction or not
7. Specific gravity, head and pressure
8. Specific speed of a pump
9. The venturi
10. Performance curves
10a. Performance curves 2
11. System curve
12. Cavitation
13. Different types of pumps available
14. Minimum submersion height to avoid vortex formation
15. How to build an upside down aquarium in your dreams?
I am your host Jacques Chaurette and the author of this web site and most of everything in it.
I live in Montreal, Canada. I have nothing to do with any pump manufacturing company and am not trying to sell you anything.
Please join the Forum and ask any question you like. I can be reached at
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to see the headquarters of pumpfundamentals.com in Montreal. Check this web page for other places I find interesting in Montreal.
PUMP SEARCH
find a pumpTUTORIALS
(audio introduction)
If you are starting from scratch or you want to review what you know,
check this out
It will help you understand how
centrifugal pumps and pump systems work.
EXPERIMENTS ON VIDEOS
Check out these cool experiments with fluids.
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP TIPS
If you're currently designing a system or checking out an existing one, here are some ideas on what to avoid and what to look for.
VISUAL GLOSSARY
An alphabetical list of pump and pump system terms that will show as well as explain the terminology.
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This section is devoted to NEW ITEMS that have been added to the site or just interesting downloads or ideas that I have come across. Updated on April 9, 2009 |
I am back from Australia where I was working on a pulp & paper project near Melbourne.
Australia....what a place. I will miss it.
Yeah I know these are crazy pictures but it's my life. OK, down to business,
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APPLETS OR WEB BASED PUMP SYSTEM CALCULATION SOFTWARE
Sixteen (16) Applets
or mini programs that you can run for FREE on this web site, calculate N.P.S.H.A., predict cavitation and more....
This site has alot of information and data:
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