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This book is very comprehensive and informative. A must have for anyone who deals with or operates pump systems. If you have a problem or question it is covered.
Messina is mistaken when he indicates that my previous review was based on the second edition. As an owner of the second and third editions, I found the second edition's physical qualities (paper, printing quality, etc). I had ordered (through Amazon) the book on a waiting list and got it shortly after it was published. to be better than the third edition's. Mr. It is sitting next to me as I type. The second edition is in my office.
Maybe the 2nd Edition might be better in this respect. Sadly, this 3rd Edition is diminished by poor graphics.
As an EPC Engineer with vessels/exchanger experience, I don't have much experience with centrifugal pumps. Therefore I bought the 3rd Edition of the Pump Handbook to quickly learn more about all kinds of pumps and bone up on pump basics.
I can't confess as having read the whole book as it is very extensive, but from what I've read so far I can provide the following review. It even goes in detail on impeller design calculations.
This book meets all my expectation for technical content to learn about pumps. The book provides detail explanation about all kinds of pumps, their parts, and provides disadvantage/advantage of each type.
About 50% of the pictures and graphs are blurry and not printed too clear or focused. Otherwise, this is a MUST HAVE book for any Engineer or pump user to have.
Handbook is a term which implies comprehensive coverage of a given subject, so often a term which is misapplied. Not so in this case however, this book is without a doubt one of the best sources of information on pumps and related system components currently in print. For anyone requiring a comprehensive pump resource, this is it. I would definitely recommend this one for the engineering library.
The 2nd edition has the 1280 pages presently described. I am one of the four editors of this handbook. Please note the correct number of pages is 1765. After the name Charles Heald add that he is an editor also. The 2nd and 3rd reviewers are referring to the 2nd edition of the handbook as they are dated before the 3rd edition was printed.
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