1st Edition
Centrifugal Pump Reliability 101 Practical Solutions Through Fundamentals and Case Studies
1. Introduction to Pump Reliability. 2. Pump Selection. 3. Pump System Piping. 4. Pump Installation. 5. Pump Suction Problems. 6. Pump and System Performance. 7. Pump Commissioning, Operation, and Troubleshooting. 8. Pump Maintenance. 9. Predictive Maintenance. 10. Pump Reliability Summary: Key Elements.
Biography
Randy Riddell, a native of Kossuth, Mississippi, attended Mississippi State University where he received
a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Randy currently resides in Killen, Alabama, with his wife Amy and their two children – Marlie and Lacee. Randy has over 35 years of industrial experience with a career focused on maintenance and reliability in the paper industry. His formal certifications include CMRP from SMRP, MLTI from ICML, CLS from STLE, Level 1 Vibration, and Pump System Assessment Professional, PSAP, from the Hydraulic Institute. Randy has published many articles and two books around industrial equipment reliability topics. He has also been a guest speaker at several industry and university engineering settings, and the Hydraulic Institute.
