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CONTINUITY EQUATION

• Properties of Fluids
• Buoyancy
• Compressibility
• Relationship Between Depth and Pressure
• Pascal’s Law
• Control Volume
• Volumetric Flow Rate
• Mass Flow Rate
• Conservation of Mass
• Steady-State Flow
• Continuity Equation

LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOW 

• Flow Regimes
• Laminar Flow
• Turbulent Flow
• Flow Velocity Profiles
• Average (Bulk) Velocity
• Viscosity
• Ideal Fluid
• Reynolds Number

BERNOULLI’S EQUATION 

• General Energy Equation
• Simplified Bernoulli Equation
• Head
• Energy Conversions in Fluid Systems
• Restrictions on the Simplified Bernoulli Equation
• Extended Bernoulli
• Application of Bernoulli’s Equation to a Venturi

HEAD LOSS

• Head Loss
• Friction Factor
• Darcy’s Equation
• Minor Losses
• Equivalent Piping Length

NATURAL CIRCULATION

• Forced and Natural Circulation
• Thermal Driving Head
• Conditions Required for Natural Circulation
• Example of Natural Circulation Cooling
• Flow Rate and Temperature Difference

TWO-PHASE FLUID FLOW

• Two-Phase Fluid Flow
• Flow Instability
• Pipe Whip
• Water Hammer
• Pressure spike
• Steam Hammer
• Operational Considerations Practical Application

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS

• Energy Conversion in a Centrifugal Pump
• Operating Characteristics of a Centrifugal Pump
• Cavitation
• Net Positive Suction Head
• Pump Laws
• System Characteristic Curve
• System Operating Point
• System Use of Multiple Centrifugal Pumps
• Centrifugal Pumps in Parallel
• Centrifugal Pumps in Series

Pumps, Components, and Technology

• Pipeline Pigs, Pigging Review
• Oil mist Eliminators Review

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