particle impact wear, slurry
pumps, 9.364
particulates, 5.19–5.20
peak polished rod load, oil well
pumps, 9.384
peak torque, oil well pumps, 9.384
pedestal bearings, 2.149
Pelton wheel turbines, 6.79
perforated plates, head losses, 8.73
performance
aircraft boost pumps, 9.414
centrifugal pumps, 2.24
condenser circulating
pumps, 9.105
direct acting steam pumps, 3.53
eductors, 4.30
electric motors, 6.21
LJL pumps, 4.15
pipeline pumps, 9.147
pumps, 5.3
refinery pumps, 9.141
rotary pumps, 3.147–3.149
screw pumps, 3.109
seals, 2.198
performance characteristic curves
centrifugal pumps, 2.18,
2.46, 2.334
axial thrust, 2.53–2.54
backward curved blades, 2.331
CFD, 2.51–2.52
forward curved blades, 2.332
mechanical efficiency, 2.50
non-recirculating flows, 2.46
non-viscous flow, 2.329–2.330
radial curved blades, 2.332
viscous flow, 2.331
volumetric efficiency, 2.50
hydraulic water pumps, 6.197
journal bearings, 2.259–2.260
performance troubleshooting, 2.397
peristaltic food/beverage
pumps, 9.193
pest control systems, 9.444
pesticide transfer systems, 9.442
petroleum pumps, 9.134
liquid viscosity, 9.150–9.154
transfer systems, 9.443
See also oil well pumps.
I.34 INDEX
compression, 2.184
continuous coil, 2.193
lantern rings, 2.141
materials used, 2.187–2.188
power pumps, 3.26
pressure issues, 2.190–2.191
rotary pumps, 3.124
sleeves, 2.138
slurry pumps, 9.357
temperature issues, 2.192
packless stuffing boxes, 2.239
Pamgren-Miner cumulative damage
law, 5.26
paper mill pumps, 9.159, 9.182
black liquor, 9.163–9.164
bleach liquors, 9.164
blow tank discharge, 9.163
capacities, 9.175
chlorine dioxide, 9.165
digester circulating, 9.181
efficiencies, 9.180–9.181
foul condensate, 9.166
green liquor, 9.164
lime slurries, 9.164
liquors, 9.162
piping, 9.167
friction losses, 9.170–9.173,
9.177–9.179
slurries, 9.162
steaming out process, 9.181
stock, 9.166
stock pumps, 9.167
wash liquors, 9.165
water pumping, 9.161
white liquor, 9.162
parallel misalignment, 2.228
parallel operations, centrifugal
pumps, 2.367–2.368
parallel pump bypass systems, 2.450
parallel water supply systems,
9.13–9.14
parallel-shaft gears, 6.144
parshall flumes, 13.23-13.24
partially stratified slurries, 9.322
deposition, 9.332
pressure gradients, 9.335–9.337