Discharge, Work Done and Power Required to

Drive a Single-Acting Reciprocating Pump

Let’s consider a single acting reciprocating pump as shown in the figure.
Let,
D = Diameter of the cylinder
A = Cross-sectional area of the cylinder/piston
r = radius of the crank
𝑁 = r. p.m. of the crank
L = Length of the stroke = 2r
hs = Height of the axis of the cylinder from water surface in the sump
hd = Height of the delivery outlet above the cylinder axis
Schematic View of A Single-Acting Reciprocating
Pump
Volume of the water delivered per revolution or discharge of water in one
revolution = Area of the cylinder X Length of the stroke
=AXL
𝑁
And Number of revolutions in one second =
60
So the discharge of the pump per second Q = (Discharge in one revolution
X Number of revolutions
per second)
𝑁
=AXLX
60
𝐴𝐿𝑁
=
60
 ρ𝑔𝐴𝐿𝑁
Weight of the water delivered per second W = ρ X g X Q =
60
Where ρ = Density of water and g= acceleration due to gravity
Now,
Work done by the single acting reciprocating pump per second=
(Weight of the water lifted per second X Total height through
which the water is lifted)
= W X (hs + hd)
As (hs + hd) = Total height through which the water is lifted
Work done by the single acting reciprocating pump per second
ρ𝑔𝐴𝐿𝑁
= X (hs + hd)
60
So the power required to drive the single acting reciprocating pump
= Work done by the single acting reciprocating pump per second
ρ𝑔𝐴𝐿𝑁(hs+ hd)
= 60
W

ρ𝑔𝐴𝐿𝑁(hs+ hd)
= 60 X 1000
kW