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Date –
Semester – 4th
Year – 2nd
Theory :
INTRODUCTION
The reciprocating pump is a positive displacement pump, it operates on the
principle of actual displacement or pushing of liquid by a piston or plunger that
executes a reciprocating motion in a closely fitted cylinder. The liquid is alternatively
drawn from the pump and filled into suction side of the cyliner. The liquid fed to
discharge side of the cylinder and emptied to the delivery pipe. There are three
types of reciprocating pumps
1. Plunger pumps
2. Diaphragm pumps
3. Piston pumps
1. Plunger pumps: In this type of pumps, the cylinder is fitted with a plunger.
This plunger creates the pressure on the water and discharges it through the
discharge valve.
2. Diaphragm pumps: The plunger pressurizes hydraulic oil which is used to
flex a diaphragm in the pumping cylinder. Diaphragm valves are used to pump
hazardous and toxic fluids.
3. Piston pumps: In this type of reciprocating pump piston moves and
pressurizes the fluid by using one or more reciprocating pistons. It is typically driven
by an electric motor through crankshaft and connecting rod.
According to the contact between the plunger and water reciprocating pump is
classified as single acting reciprocating pump and double acting reciprocating
pump. A single acting pump is one which has one suction valve, delivery valve and
one suction and delivery pipe. It sucks up the fluid in one direction only, when the
crank turns clockwise from Inner Dead Centre(IDC) to Outer Dead Centre(ODC) the
piston moves outward and in single stroke called suction stroke and delivery it in a
single stroke called delivery stroke.
In double acting reciprocating pump suction and delivery strokes occur together.
When the plunger moves forward, it makes the water to move out from the cylinder
through the discharge valve at right side and the adjacent suction valve is closed in
position. At this moment, the suction will be created inside the cylinder which draws
the water into the cylinder through left side suction valve whereas the adjacent
delivery valve is closed. During the reverse stroke, the water moves out from the
cylinder through the delivery valve at left side, and the adjacent suction valve is
closed in position.
It is positive displacement pump in which plunger or piston moves back and
forth in a closely fitted cylinder, displaces a given volume of water for each stroke.
The water is drawn from the pump and filled into the suction side of the cylinder.
Due to the reciprocating action of piston or plunger the water is fed to discharge
side and it is emptied to the delivery pipe.
The reciprocating pump will always deliver the same volume of water for each
stroke irrespective of discharge pressure. But, as the discharge pressure is
increased, there may be internal leakage between the piston rings and the cylinder
liner, or leaking internal valves, causing a decrease in the output. A measure of this
is known as the 'Volumetric Efficiency' of the pump.
As the pressure inside the delivery pipe increases, the water flows into the air
vessel. As the result, the air inside the air vessel gets compressed and the pressure
gets reduced. Then, the water flows out from air vessel and makes the flow uniform.
The peak pressure energy is thus stored in the air and returned to the system when
pressure falls.
Comparision of Centrifugal and Reciprocating pump:
High efficiency for low head pumps high discharge Low efficiency for low head pumps
Let,
= diameter of the cylinder,
= cross sectional area of the piston or cylinder,
= radius of crank,
=rpm of the crank,
= length of the stroke=2 .
Then volume of water delivered in one revolution or discharge of water in one
revolution = Area × Length of stroke=
Where,
The difference between the theoretical and the actual discharge is called slip
of the pump. This is the amount of water which leaks internally, if the pump is in
good condition, the slip should be below 1.0%. If slip is above 5.0%, the pump
needs to be overhauled. However, at operating pressures, the amount of slip is
relatively constant as long as wear is not rapid. The output therefore can still be
classed as constant.
If the actual discharge is more than the theoretical discharge, then the slip of
the pump becomes negative. In that case the slip of the pump is known as negative
slip. It occurs when delivery pipe is short suction pipe is long and pump is running at
high speed.
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The following are the equations used to determine the performance of the
double acting reciprocating pump.
Torque,