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Centrifugal and Positive Displacement Pump Basics, 3 PDH
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
The pumps widely used in industry and by commercial buildings and municipalities, can almost all be classified as either centrifugal pumps or positive displacement pumps. The general components and operating characteristics of these two types of pumps are covered in this course, along with discussion of corrective and preventive measures for various pumping problems.
This course is intended for civil, mechanical, chemical, environmental, and industrial engineers, as well as anyone who works with fluids and pumps. An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about centrifugal and positive displacement pumps.
In this course, you need to review the material in the Department of Energy Fundamentals Handbook, DOE-HDBK-1018/1-93, "Mechanical Science Module 3 - Pumps"
Upon completing your review of the course material, you need to take a multiple choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions to earn 3 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document. 80% correct is required for a quiz passing grade.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, the student will
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Course Author Profile: Harlan Bengson, Ph, PE
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Flow Measurement in Pipes and Ducts, 3 PDH
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Flow Measurement in Pipes and Ducts
Course Highlights
This course is about measurement of the flow rate of a fluid flowing under pressure in a closed conduit. The closed conduit is often circular, but also may be square or rectangular (such as a heating duct) or any other shape. The other major category of flow is open channel flow, which is the flow of a liquid with a free surface open to atmospheric pressure. Measurement of the flow rate of a fluid flowing under pressure, is carried out for a variety of purposes, such as billing for water supply to homes or businesses or, for monitoring or process control of a wide variety of industrial processes, which involve flowing fluids. Several categories of pipe flow measurement devices will be described and discussed, including associated calculations.
This course is intended for civil, mechanical, chemical, and environmental engineers, as well as anyone who works with fluids flowing in pipes. Someone completing this course will gain knowledge about twelve different types of meters for measuring fluid flow rate in a closed conduit. They will learn about typical calculations for differential pressure meters and pitot tubes. They will learn the general principles of operation for each type and general advantages and disadvantages of each.
In this course, you need to review the material in the pdf file, "Flow Measurement in Pipes and Ducts."
Upon completing your review of the course material, you need to take a multiple choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions to earn 3 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document. 80% correct is required for a quiz passing grade.
Learning Objectives
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Flow Measurement in Pipes and Ducts
Course Author Profile: Harlan Bengson, Ph, PE
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Fundamentals of Fluid Flow, 6 PDH
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Fundamentals of Fluid Flow
Course Highlights
Fluid flow is an important part of many industrial processes. This course cover fundamental approaches to fluid flow calculations and analysis, with emphasis on fluid flow in piping systems and the use of pumps in those systems. The course includes coverage of the continuity equation, laminar & turbulent flow, Bernoulli's equation, head loss, natural circulation, two-phase fluid flow, and centrifugal pumps
This course is intended for civil, mechanical, chemical, environmental, and industrial engineers, as well as anyone who works with fluids flowing in pipes. An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about fundamental fluid flow principles and calculations.
In this course, you need to review the material in the file, "Fundamentals of Fluid Flow", which is composed of Volume 3: Fluid Flow, of the U.S. DOE Fundamentals Handbook: DOE-HDBK-1012/3-92.
Upon completing your review of the course material, you need to take a multiple choice quiz consisting of thirty (30) questions to earn 6 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document. 80% correct is required for a quiz passing grade.
Learning Objectives
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Course Author Profile: Harlan Bengson, Ph, PE
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Fundamentals of Heat Exchangers, 2 PDH
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Fundamentals of Heat Exchangers
Course Highlights
Heat exchangers are used to heat one fluid with a hotter fluid, to cool a fluid with a cooler fluid, to condense a gaseous fluid with a colder fluid, or to boil a liquid with a hotter fluid. In this course you will learn about the basic construction of shell and tube and plate type heat exchangers and about counter flow, parallel flow, and cross flow patterns of flow. The heat transfer equation is introduced along with the log mean temperature difference and the overall heat transfer coefficient. The meaning of multi-pass and regenerative heat exchangers is covered and several common heat exchanger applications are discussed.
This course is intended primarily for mechanical, chemical, environmental, nuclear and industrial engineers, but would be of interest to any engineer wanting a review of heat exchanger basics. Someone completing this course will gain knowledge about the types and flow patterns of heat exchangers and about some of their applications.
In this course, you need to review the material in the DOE document, "Fundamentals of Heat Exchangers," which is Module 2 of the DOE Fundamentals Handbook - Mechanical Science (DOE-HDBK-1018/1-93).
Upon completing your review of the course material, you need to take a multiple choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions to earn 2 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document. 80% correct is required for a quiz passing grade.
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Course Author Profile: Harlan Bengson, Ph, PE
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Fundamentals of Heat Transfer, 3 PDH
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Heat Transfer Fundamentals
Course Highlights
Heat transfer is of concern across several engineering disciplines. This course provides a review of basic heat transfer principles, including a summary of commonly used heat transfer terms, and a summary of the principles of and calculations used for conduction heat transfer, convection heat transfer, and radiation heat transfer.
This course is intended primarily for mechanical, chemical, nuclear, and industrial engineers, but would be of interest to any engineer wanting a basic review of heat transfer principles. An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about the general principles and equations used for conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer.
In this course, you need to review the material in the document, "Basics of Heat Transfer," which is Module 2 of the DOE Fundamentals Handbook - Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (DOE-HDBK-1012/2-92).
Upon completing your review of the course material, you need to take a multiple choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions to earn 3 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document. 80% correct is required for a quiz passing grade.
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Heat Transfer Fundamentals
Course Author Profile: Harlan Bengson, Ph, PE
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Hydraulic Valve Fundamentals, 4 PDH
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Hydraulic Valve Fundamentals
Course Highlights
Valves are widely used in fluid piping systems to shut off or throttle flow, as well as to prevent backflow, reduce pressure or relieve pressure. This course provides information about the basic components of a valve and their function. There is also information about each of the types of valves in common use, the globe, gate, plug, ball, needle, butterfly, diaphragm, pinch, check, safety/relief, and reducing valve. There is a general description of each and relative advantages and disadvantages in comparison with other types of valves.
This course is intended for civil, mechanical, chemical, environmental and industrial engineers, as well as anyone who works with fluids flowing in pipes. An attendee of this course will gain knowledge about the basic types of valves and their use.
In this course, you need to review the material in the Department of Energy Fundamentals Handbook, DOE-HDBK-1018/2-93, “Mechanical Science Module 4 – Valves” Once you complete your course review, you need to take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of twenty (20) questions to earn 4 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document.
At the conclusion of this course, the student will
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Course Author Profile: Harlan Bengson, Ph, PE
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Pipe Flow / Friction Factor Calculations with Excel, 3 PDH
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Pipe Flow/Friction Factor Calculations with Excel
Course Highlights
Several kinds of pipe flow calculations can be made with the Darcy-Weisbach equation and the Moody friction factor. Also, these calculations can be conveniently carried out with an Excel spreadsheet. Many of the calculations require an iterative solution, so they are especially suitable for an Excel spreadsheet solution. This course includes discussion of the Darcy-Weisbach equation and the parameters in that equation, along with the U.S. and S.I. units for each parameter. Example calculations and sample Excel spreadsheets for making the calculations are also presented and discussed.
This course is intended for civil, mechanical, chemical, and environmental engineers, as well as anyone who works with fluids flowing in pipes. After completing this course you will be able to make calculations with the Darcy-Weisbach equation and the Moody friction factor equations to calculate several different unknown parameters when sufficient input data is provided. You will also be prepared to use Excel spreadsheets to efficiently make the calculations
In this course, you need to review the material in the pdf file, "Pipe Flow-Friction Factor Calculations with Excel.
Upon completing your review of the course material, you need to take a multiple choice quiz consisting of fifteen (15) questions to earn 3 PDH credits. The quiz will be based on the entire document. 80% correct is required for a quiz passing grade.
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Pipe Flow/Friction Factor Calculations with Excel
Course Author Profile: Harlan Bengson, Ph, PE