• Refreshing the knowledge of the participants on fluid mechanic and pump characteristics
• Understanding centrifugal-pump basic-system design, selection, operation, treatment and installation
• Learning the critical symptoms of pump operation
• Enhancing the knowledge on pump sealing and rolling elements
• Gaining additional knowledge on inspection and maintenance of centrifugal pumps

• Technicians
• Operators
• Maintenance engineers
• Rotating engineers
• Reliability engineers
• Operation engineers

Day 1

• Physical properties of incompressible fluid
• Basic flow of incompressible fluid
• Basic fluid dynamic and static
• Head or energy requirement of the installation
• The principle of energy transfer in centrifugal pump
• Characteristic of pump and its installation (Capacity, Head, and Efficiency) and selection pump 

Day 2

• Combination of pump and installation
• Pump specification
• Pump arrangement; series and parallel
• Type and discharge of reciprocating pumps
• Comparison of centrifugal and reciprocating pumps
• Slip of the pump
• Variation of pressure in the suction and delivery pipes due to acceleration of the piston.
• Effect of the acceleration of the piston on the indicator diagram.

Day 3

• Maximum speed of the rotating crank.
• Effect of friction in the suction and delivery pipes, on the indicator diagram.
• Work done against friction with/without and air vessels.
• Flow of water into and from the air vessel, fitted to the delivery pipe of a reciprocating pump.
• Multiple cylinder pumps.
• Cavitations
• Water hammer
• Over pressure

Day 4

• Negative pressure
• Surging
• Pressure fluctuation
• Procedure to run and stop the pump
• Controlling the capacity
• Hazard prevention
• Automatic operation
• Centrifugal pump application
• General notes on pre-starting checks

Day 5

• General notes on pump operation
• General notes on pump maintenance
• Centrifugal pump sealing
• Rolling element bearings in centrifugal pump
• Selecting multiphase pumps
• Inspection and maintenance of pump

RECTUS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration