These pumps operate by having a rotating member turn inside a housing in such a way as to create trapped liquid through the pump. Figure…
Category: Pumps
These pumps are a special type of reciprocating pump that utilize the action of a diaphragm moving back and forth within a fixed chamber. Sometimes…
In reciprocating pumps, energy is added to the fluid intermittently by moving one or more boundaries linearly with a piston, plunger, or diaphragm in one…
Centrifugal pumps are classified as either radial flow or axial flow. Figure 10-1 shows a radial flow pump. Flow enters the center of the rotating…
Pumps are classified as either “kinetic” or “positive displacement” pumps. In a kinetic pump, energy is added continuously to increase the fluid’s velocity within the…