1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910678483203321

Autore

Nelik Lev

Titolo

Progressing cavity pumps, downhole pumps and mudmotors / / Lev Nelik, Jim Brennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, TX : , : Gulf Publishing Company, , [2005]

©2005

ISBN

0-12-799971-X

1-59124-889-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Collana

Gulf pump guides Progressing cavity pumps, downhole pumps and mudmotors

Gulf pump guides

Altri autori (Persone)

BrennanJim

Disciplina

622

622.338

622/.338

Soggetti

Pumping machinery

Oil well pumps

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Progressing Cavity Pumps, Downhole Pumps, and Mudmotors; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Nomenclature and Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1. Benefits of Progressing Cavity Pumps; Chapter 2. Three Main Types of Progressing Cavity Machines: PCPs, DHPs, and DHMs; Chapter 3. Operating Principles of Hydraulic Sections (Rotor/Stator Pairs); Chapter 4. Geometry; Cavity/Displacement; Profile Generation; Rotor-to-Stator Fit (Clearance versus Interference); Core Sizing for Stator Production; Performance: Operating Characteristics

How to Obtain Performance Characteristics for a Given Design, versus Designing a Unit for the Specified Desired PerformanceExamples; Multilobe versus Single-Lobe Geometry: More Performance?; Chapter 5.Design-Related Considerations; Key Design Parameters; Important Ratios; Variation of Ratios and Their Effect on Performance and Life; Power Transmission Methods; Chapter 6. Application Guidelines; Abrasion; Temperature; Chemicals; Viscosity; Speed (rpm); Pressure



and Flow; Entrained Gas; Dry-Running; Chapter 7. Installation Examples; Installation Case 1: A PC Pump Maintains Foam Concentration

Installation Case 2: A Sludge Pumping ProblemInstallation Case 3: A Food Application- Soya Milk Processing; Installation Case 4: A Sanitary Application at a Bakery; Installation Case 5: Effluent Treatment; Installation Case 6: A Storm Water Runoff Application; Installation Case 7: A Sludge Application; Installation Case 8: A Sludge Treatment Application; Installation Case 9: Reliability Is Key at a Food Processing Plant; Installation Case 10: Sewage Treatment at an Airport; Installation Case 11: Offshore Supply Vessels for Drilling Mud; Installation Case 12: Main Feed Pump Plus Additives

Installation Case 13: Vertical OrientationChapter 8. Troubleshooting; Before You Begin Troubleshooting; Information Gathering; PC Components in Service; Chapter 9. Progressing Cavity Pump Selection and Sizing; Example 1: Pump Sizing; Example 2: Pump Sizing; Metallic Stators; Chapter 10. Progressing Cavity Pump Startups; Pipe and Valves; Foundation, Alignment, and Rotation; Lubrication; Startup Spares; Resources; Last-Minute Startup Thoughts; Rotary Pump Startup Checklist; Chapter 11. Progressing Cavity Pump Overhaul Guide; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by one of the world's foremost authorities on pumps, this first volume in Gulf PublishingCompany's Gulf Pump Guides series covers the design, application and troubleshooting forprogressing cavity pumps, downhole pumps and mudmotors. There is no other volume offeringa more comprehensive, easy-to-understand and hands-on coverage of these types of pumps.As they become more and more widely used in the petrochemical industry and other industries,knowledge of their design and application will become increasingly more important for the engineer.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996208788303316

Titolo

Advanced robotics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Utrecht, Netherlands, : VNU Science Press, 1986-

ISSN

1568-5535

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

629.89205

Soggetti

Robotics

Robotics - Japan

Roboter

Zeitschrift

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Title from cover.

Published: Utrecht, Netherlands : VSP ; Tokyo, Japan : Robotics Society of Japan, <1989->

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777061503321

Autore

Jones Max, Dr.

Titolo

The last great quest [[electronic resource]] : Captain Scott's Antarctic sacrifice / / Max Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004, 2003

ISBN

0-19-162233-8

1-280-75291-2

9786610752911

0-19-151305-9

1-4294-7000-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

919.8904092

Soggetti

Explorers - Great Britain

Antarctica Discovery and exploration British

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-333) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Measuring the World; CHAPTER TWO: The Race to the South Pole; CHAPTER THREE: Disaster in the Antarctic; CHAPTER FOUR: Remembering the Dead; CHAPTER FIVE: 'Martyrs of Science'; CHAPTER SIX: 'For the Honour of our Country'; CHAPTER SEVEN: 'These Were Men'; CHAPTER EIGHT: 'So Many Heroes'; EPILOGUE; Appendix 1 British Memorials Commemorating the Antarctic Disaster, 1913-1925; Appendix 2 Message to the Public; Notes; Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The story of Captain Scott's last Antarctic expedition is one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Lieutenant Henry Bowers, Petty Officer Edgar Evans, Captain Lawrence Oates, and Dr Edward Wilson all died on the return trek from the South Pole, starved and frozen, only eleven miles from a supply camp. In November 1912, a rescue party discovered their last letters and diaries, which told a story of bravery, hardship, and self-sacrifice that. shocked the world. Recent decades have seen controversy rage over whether Scott was the last of a line of great Victor