Pumping and Piping Systems
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Streamable MP4/PDF
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**Any USB on-demand programs that qualify for LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Agenda
Webinar instructions will be emailed before the date of the webinar.
Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.
Day One: Thursday, March 11, 2021
11:00 am – 2:15 pm CST (including a 15-min. break)
Day Two: Friday, March 12, 2021
11:00 am – 2:15 pm CST (including a 15-min. break)
Presented by
George Walters III, PE, CPD
Pumping and Piping Systems: Day One
Thursday, March 11, 2021 | 11:00 am – 2:15 pm CST (including a 15-min. break)
Introduction to Pumps: Operations, Principles and Calculations
Operation of centrifugal pumps
• Introduction, terms, definitions
• Centrifugal pump construction, components, impeller, motor, volute
• Incompressible fluid, pumping equations
• Closed system, open system, parallel and series pumping applications
Reviewing hydraulic principles and calculations
• Fixture units and GPM
• Friction losses/allowable pressure drop
• Static pressure vs. dynamic pressure
• Equivalent lengths
Design Standards and Codes
IPC – International Plumbing Code – state amendments NFPA
UFC – Unified Facilities Criteria (military requirements)
WBDG – Whole Building Design Guide
AHJ – Authority Having Jurisdiction
The interpreter of the Code, Plumbing Inspector, Fire Marshall
LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
USGBC
Pumping and Piping Systems: Day Two
Friday, March 12, 2021 | 11:00 am – 2:15 pm CST (including a 15-min. break)
Piping System Components, Materials and Calculations
Piping system components and materials
• Copper vs. plastics, galvanized steel and stainless steel
– When, where, why
• BFP, PRV, meters
• Valves, ball valves, gate valves, butterfly valves, flow balancing valves
Making basic system calculations
• Pipe sizing
• Friction loss calculation
• Pump sizing
Handling Pump and Piping System Problems
Booster pumps
Circulating pumps, chilled water, hydronic heating, domestic hot water
Fire pumps
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs in all States
Continuing Education Credit Information
This live interactive webinar offers 6.0 PDHs/continuing education hours to professional
engineers licensed in all states.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in
Florida (Provider No. 0004647), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey
(Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina (S-0130), and North Dakota. Other states
do not preapprove educators or courses.
HalfMoon Education is deemed a New York-approved continuing education provider
for engineers via its registration with the American Institute of Architects Continuing
Education System (Regulations of the Commissioner §68.14(i)(2).
Course completion certificates will be awarded to participants who complete the
webinar in its entirety, respond to all the prompts during the instruction, and earn a
score of 80% on the quiz that follows the instruction (multiple attempts allowed).
Speakers
George Walters III, PE, CPD
Mechanical Engineer at BMH Engineering LLCMr. Walters is a professional engineer and is certified in plumbing design through the American Society of Plumbing Engineers. His responsibilities overlap into the professional engineering areas of civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, fire protection engineering, and process engineering. He performs calculations, sizes equipment, and prepares plumbing design and construction documents. Mr. Walters is a member of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE). He earned his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech.