Pumps and slurry transportation training

Pumping slurry is a complex and important process. During the training course, emphasis is put on the hydraulic transport of solid-water mixtures with centrifugal pumps and through pipeline systems. The programme is aimed at project office engineers, and R&D and design engineers.

Learning goals

• Analysing the processes involved in hydraulic slurry transport
• Performing pump calculations
• Assessing the interaction between pump, drive and pipelines

Training topics

The course will focus on different aspects of the pump and slurry process, such as:

• dredge pump and drive characteristics 
• dynamic effects (pump and drives)
• pipeline systems 
• the interaction between pump, drive and pipelines
• the influence of solid particles 
• dynamic effects in the pump – pipeline systems  
• the fundamentals of hydraulic transportation and dredge pumps. 
  

Training methods

This course is practical and case-driven. Practical problems are used to teach the theoretical background of the pump and slurry transport processes. Cases are also used to improve the problem-solving skills of attendees.