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Centrifugal pump
The centrifugal pump creates an increase
in pressure by transferring mechanical
energy from the motor to the fluid
through the rotating impeller. The fluid
flows from the inlet to the impeller centre
and out along its blades. The centrifugal
force hereby increases the fluid velocity
and consequently also the kinetic energy
is transformed to pressure.
Impeller
The fluid is sucked into the impeller
at the impeller eye and flows through
the impeller channels formed by the
blades
Reciprocating pumps
Main components
A reciprocation pumps consists of a plunger or a
piston that moves forward and backward inside a
cylinder with the help of a connecting rod and a
crank. The crank is rotated by an external source
of power.
The cylinder is connected to the sump by a
suction pipe and to the delivery tank by a
delivery pipe.
At the cylinder ends of these pipes, non-return
valves are provided. A non-return valve allows the
liquid to pass in only one direction.
Through suction valve, liquid can only be
admitted into the cylinder and through the
delivery valve, liquid can only be discharged into
Main components
Working of Reciprocating
Pump
When the piston moves from the left to the right,
Working of Reciprocating
Pump
During the delivery stroke it is displaced into the
delivery pipe. Thus the liquid is delivered into the
delivery tank intermittently, i.e. during the
delivery stroke only.
N
Qth A L
60
ALN ( A AP ) LN
Discharge/Second = Qth
60
60
(2 A AP ) LN
Qth
60
Where, Ap = Area of cross-section
of piston rod
However, if area of the piston rod is neglected
Discharge/Second = 2ALN
60