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MECA0014-1

Introduction to Hydraulic machines and Compressors

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Duration :20h Th, 20h Pr
Credits/ECTS :
3rd year of the 5 year degree in civil engineering in chemist3,5
Holder(s) :Olivier Léonard
Course contents :
  • Historical perspectives, basic equations and principles.
  • Pumps: hydraulic, manometric and theoretical heights, losses, energetic balances, caracteristic curves, centrifigal and axial machines, similarity laws, interaction of a pump and a system, regulation.
  • Cavitation.
  • Positive displacement machines.
  • Introduction to volumetric, centrifugal and axial compressors.
Course objective : To understand how the pump work and how they can be used in relation to their
environment.
Prerequisites : Hydraulics and fluid mechanics.
Workshops : A laboratory session (2 hours) is organized, devoted to the test of a centrifugal pump and a positive-displacement pump, the acquisition and analysis of pressure, flow, torque measurements, and the assessment of the performances of the machines.
Organization : This course is organized during the second half of the academic year, including 9 sessions of 4 hour each, at a rate of about 25 hours of theory and 12 hours of exercises.
Written notes : Course notes are available, as well as a collection of solved exercises. These notes are regularly updated and are distributed during the course.
Assessment : An oral examination on the theory and a written examination on the exercises are organized in June (1st session) and September (2nd session).
Contacts : Teacher : Olivier Léonard, Tél. 04/366 91 87, e-mail O.Leonard@ulg.ac.be
Assistant : Vincent Kelner, Tél. 04/366 91 74, e-mail V.Kelner@ulg.ac.be




ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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