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Pump Best Practices
Introduction
The most prolific machinery items in any plant are attention is not usually given to monitoring the flow
the pumps. They are spared and are not usually rate which changes with process conditions. Oper-
considered as critical equipment items except, ating centrifugal pumps outside of the proper oper-
of course, when one of the units is down for ating flow range will significantly reduce pump and
maintenance and the other item suffers a component component MTBFs.
failure. When one considers that the majority of This chapter addresses the best practices that will
pump types are dynamic (centrifugal types) and are optimize site pump reliability and will minimize
90% or more of the pump asset population, proper repair time and maintenance costs.
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