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Lev Nelik

Lev Nelik: Ask Dr. Pump
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Overfiling & Underfiling of Impeller Blades to Improve What?
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Reader Response, Part 2: Why Did Water Flow Reduce So Drastically?
Reader Mike Dominik, senior project manager at Orbital Engineering, Inc., explores the answer to the quiz question.
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Reader Response: Why Did Water Flow Reduce So Drastically?
Dr. Lev Nelik responds to an answer from his September column.
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Solution to Quiz: Why Did Water Flow Reduce So Drastically?
In the September issue of Pumps & Systems, a question was posed to our readers about water consumption and the cost of watering a small residential garden.
Quiz: Why Did Water Flow Reduce So Drastically?
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Quiz: Why Did Water Flow Reduce So Drastically?

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Solutions: What Makes the Meter Turn?
Nelik responds to reader answers.
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Pumping Predictions
From January 2010: Pumps and Systems in Transcontinental Energy Transfer
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Quiz: What Makes the Meter Turn?
Can you find the answer to this mini quiz?
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Vertical Turbines Repair Standard (VPRS), Part 4
An example of how decisions on picking one level versus another are made (continued).
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Vertical Pumps Repair Specification (VPRS), Part 3
An example of how decisions on picking one level versus another are made.
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Pumps
Vertical Pumps Repair Specification (VPRS), Part 2
There is a structured document—a repair standard—in which different levels of repair can be applied.

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Vertical Pumps Repair Specification, Rev. 1B
For larger pumps, however, a more thorough examination, documentation and restoration of internal concentricities must be done.
Outer unit before (left) and after (right), to improve hot air exit to outside
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Let’s Add Some Thermodynamics to Hydraulics! Part 2
temperatures of all rooms
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Let’s Add Some Thermodynamics to Hydraulics, Part 1
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The Current State of the U.S. Pump Industry
Columnist Lev Nelik shares his prognosis for the future of the industry.
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Pumps
Reliability Considerations When Comparing Pump Types, Part 2
Columnist Lev Nelik discusses pump selection in part two of this two-part column.
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Reliability Considerations When Comparing Pump Types, Part 1
Columnist Lev Nelik discusses pump selection in part one of this two-part column.

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Your Guide to Quelling Noise & Vibration
These issues can cause serious issues, even leading to catastrophic failure.
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Troubleshooting HVAC Pumping Systems, Part 2
Columnist Lev Nelik discusses piping systems with reader Lee Ruiz.
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Learn to Repair Pumps Properly, Part 2
Lev Nelik and reader Lee Ruiz dive further into efficiency in vertical turbine pumps.
An example of pumping unit efficiency trend monitoring.
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Learn to Repair Pumps Properly
Pumping Prescriptions
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Pump Hydraulics Fundamentals: A Student’s View, Part 2
What would happen if the pump was selected not based on an incorrect system where these components were not accounted for?

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