Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations

I.36

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Profit potential, from recycling municipal waste 4. 34

Project planning 9. 77

Pump(s) and piping systems 6. 29

affinity laws for 6. 36 6. 37

analysis of characteristic curves 6. 55

different pipe sizes 6. 51 6. 53

duplex pump capacities 6. 54

effect of wear 6. 60

significant friction loss and lift 6. 55

centrifugal (see Centrifugal pump(s))

check-valve, to prevent reverse flow 6. 35

closed-cycle solar-powered system 6. 90

correction factors 6. 64 6. 69

critical speed and shaft deflection 6. 66 6. 67

discharge flow rate 6. 11

drainage pump, flow through 6. 11

duplex plunger type 6. 47

exit loss 6. 17 6. 43

fittings, resistance coefficients of 6. 45

fluid viscosity 6. 67

head 6. 55

analysis of characteristic curves 6. 55

Borda' s formula for head loss 6. 17

curves, plotting for 6. 55

Darcy-Weisbach formula for friction 6. 14

effect of change in 6. 36

head loss and pipe enlargement 6. 17 6. 23 6. 43

mostly lift, little friction 6. 57

no lift, all friction head 6. 57

in parallel system 6. 34

rotary pump capacity ranges 6. 54