This hands-on reference/text offers a practical introduction to pumps and provides the tools necessary to select, size, operate, and maintain pumps properly—highlighting the interrelatedness of pump engineering from system and piping design to installation and startup. Classifying pumps into major categories of centrifugal and positive displacement, this book presents the fundamentals of pump and pump system hydraulics; discusses pump selection and system design; explains the latest developments in pump technology; examines computer software for system design and pump selection and includes a demonstration CD-ROM that illustrates how software can facilitate the sizing and analysis of pumps and piping systems.