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Centrifugal Pumps Design and Application 2nd ed - Val S. Lobanoff, Robert R. Ross (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)

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by Fr<strong>ed</strong>eric W. Buse<br />

Ingersolf-R<strong>and</strong> Company<br />

Chemical<br />

<strong>Pumps</strong><br />

Metallic <strong>and</strong><br />

Nonmetallic<br />

Chemical pumps are design<strong>ed</strong> for many processes <strong>and</strong> products that are<br />

not normally h<strong>and</strong>l<strong>ed</strong> by pumps design<strong>ed</strong> for a single product or process<br />

such as general water pumps, boiler fe<strong>ed</strong> pumps, cooling water pumps,<br />

or petroleum industry pumps. The chemical processes vary from acids,<br />

alkalies, toxics, r<strong>ed</strong>ucing agents, oxides, slurries, organics, or inorganics<br />

causing corrosion, erosion, galvanic action, or leaching to occur on<br />

the pumps <strong>and</strong> piping system <strong>and</strong> any other product in the process.<br />

To h<strong>and</strong>le this variety of conditions, the pumps employ various materials<br />

such as 316 stainless steel, ductile iron, alloy 20, titanium, Hastelloy<br />

B <strong>and</strong> C. The continuous development of nonmetallics also make these<br />

pumps available in vinyl esters, epoxies, PVC, or with linings of teflon.<br />

Some pumps employ carbon, ceramic, <strong>and</strong> glass bodies or linings.<br />

Specifications<br />

ANSI <strong>Pumps</strong><br />

Most chemical pumps in the Unit<strong>ed</strong> States in the past 25 years have<br />

been develop<strong>ed</strong> according to the ANSI B73.1M <strong>and</strong> .2M specifications<br />

for horizontal <strong>and</strong> vertical pumps respectively (Figures 15-1 <strong>and</strong> 15-2).<br />

These specifications were initially develop<strong>ed</strong> in 1955 <strong>and</strong> were publish<strong>ed</strong><br />

in 1962. The current specifications were publish<strong>ed</strong> in 1991. Besides<br />

safety criteria, the main objective for these specifications was to establish<br />

dimensional st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> interchangeability of various size pumps<br />

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