Centrifugal Pump and Compressor Design and Performance
This course provides a unique introduction to the design and
analysis of rotordynamic pumping and compression machinery.
Real-Time
Design Sessions
This course has been taught for many years, and many hundreds of engineers in the pump and compressor industries have benefited from it. During that time it has been continuously revised to reflect the latest understanding and best practices. A recent innovation is to include examples of actual design practice. Attendees will observe, discuss, and participate in real-time design examples guided by the instructors, taking specifications and developing pump and compressor designs to the point where prototype machines could be manufactured and tested.
By bringing pump and compressor design practices together, unique synergies emerge that can benefit both types of machine. For example, pump engineers will appreciate the range of advanced diffuser designs used in high performance compressors, that might also be applied in pumps. Compressor engineers will understand the techniques that pump designers use to achieve very wide range.
Course
Objectives
- An overview and familiarization of the design and operation of the complete machine, and individual components of the machine.
- A guide to the technology database that underpins and guides all design and analysis procedures.
- A familiarization of the best design practices at all levels, from basic machine selection to the detailed aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, and mechanical design of all components.
- A guide to the different types of computer-based analysis tools available, and the applicability of each.
- An exposure to state-of-the-art design practices including automatic design optimization and design for manufacture.
- An understanding of how to achieve the best compromises between efficiency, range, cost, life, and durability.
Who
Should Attend
- Engineers responsible for the design of centrifugal pumps and/or compressors.
- Field service and maintenance engineers who need to be familiar with centrifugal pumps or compressors and understand their operation, performance, and operating limits; rerate cases can also be considered.
- Managers and sales personnel who need to speak the “language” of centrifugal compressors and pumps.
- Test engineers responsible for instrumenting and testing centrifugal compressors or pumps.
- Consultant engineers, including CFD specialists, working in turbomachinery.
Instructors
Dr. David Japikse
Dr. Japikse received his master’s and doctoral degrees at Purdue
University. He founded Concepts ETI, Inc. in 1980 and guided the
company as president until 2000. He currently serves as Chairman
of the Concepts NREC Board of Directors. He has been responsible
for many centrifugal compressor and pump designs, consulting and
research activities, and has developed a number of innovative
design techniques. He has also published extensively, and teaches
regularly to engineers. He has received many awards including
the James Harry Potter Gold Medal from ASME for “…innovative,
pioneering contributions in the field of thermodynamics as applied
to turbomachinery design.” He is a Fellow in the ASME and a member
of the National Academy of Engineering.
Mr. Michael Platt
Mr. Platt is a specialist in structural and vibration analysis
and rotor dynamic instabilities at Concepts NREC. He previously
worked at Textron Lycoming on shock, vibration and related test
programs. His responsibilities at Concepts NREC include the development
of structural, modal, and rotordynamic analysis features for the
company’s pump and compressor design systems. He is also involved
in industrial and government projects in these areas.
Course Materials
Students may select either Centrifugal Pump Design and Performance by David Japikse, William D. Marscher, and Raymond B. Furst or Centrifugal Compressor Design and Performance by David Japikse.These books are durable references of lasting value to all engineers.
Graduate Course Credit
Graduate credit may be earned for this course by qualified participants who register for course number ME 246 with the University of Vermont and complete the course and approved homework study. The course grade will appear on a University of Vermont transcript and may be transferred to other graduate programs in most recognized colleges and universities in the USA. Contact Concepts NREC for details.
Registration Fee
The registration fee is US$2050, due in advance (payable to Concepts NREC), and includes a copy of Centrifugal Pump Design and Performance by David Japikse, William D. Marscher, and Raymond B. Furst or Centrifugal Compressor Design and Performance by David Japikse, all lecture notes, a certificate of attendance, lunch and daytime refreshments. A discount of $100 may be applied for registration fees received no later than three weeks before the course start date.
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