Pumps and Hydraulics: A Complete Textbook for Engineering Students, Technicians, and Practitioners
Every pump that runs at the wrong operating point, every hydraulic circuit that runs hot, and every seal that fails before its expected service life represents a gap between what an engineer or technician understands and what the equipment actually requires.
Students encounter equations without practical context. Technicians encounter equipment problems without the theory to explain them. Practicing engineers move between both worlds daily - yet most books serve only one audience at a time.
Pumps and Hydraulics: A Complete Textbook for Engineering Students, Technicians, and Practitioners bridges this gap. Covering centrifugal and positive displacement pump systems alongside hydrostatic hydraulic circuits, this book moves from first principles through to field application, troubleshooting, and life-cycle decision-making in a single structured resource.
Inside, readers will understand and apply:
The physical reasoning behind centrifugal and positive displacement pump behaviour - so selection, operating point analysis, and diagnosis rest on a sound foundation
System head curve construction, affinity law application, and multi-pump arrangement analysis
NPSH calculation and cavitation allowance - including suction-side design changes that prevent cavitation from occurring
Hydraulic circuit design - control valve functions, actuator sizing, accumulator application, hydraulic motors, and thermal management
A systematic diagnostic framework for cavitation, bearing deterioration, seal failure, and contamination issues, supported by root cause analysis and reliability engineering
Variable frequency drives, PID control, and SCADA monitoring evaluated against real operating and efficiency decisions
Life-cycle cost analysis and wire-to-water efficiency assessment to support pump investment and energy management decisions
Topics include fluid properties and statics; energy and continuity equations; pipe friction and system curves; centrifugal pump theory and affinity laws; positive displacement pump types; pump selection and standby design; NPSH and cavitation; mechanical seals, bearings, and materials; hydraulic circuits, valves, actuators, and accumulators; ISO 4406 and filtration; VFDs, soft starters, and PID control; piping design; troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and reliability engineering; life-cycle cost; and four integrated case studies. SI units with US customary conversions. Standards coverage includes API, ANSI, ASME, ISO, and Hydraulic Institute practice.
Written for engineering students, field technicians, maintenance professionals, and practicing engineers in process, municipal, industrial, and building services roles.
Get your copy and build a complete, structured understanding of pumps and hydraulic systems - from the governing physics through to real-world selection, diagnosis, and optimisation.
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