In a double acting reciprocating pump, the suction and delivery strokes occur simultaneously. When the crank rotates from IDC to ODC, a vacuum is created on the left side of the piston and the liquid is sucked from the sump through suction valve S1. At the same time, the liquid on the right side of
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In a single acting reciprocating pumps, liquid acts on one side of the piston only. Image shows a single acting reciprocating pump which has one suction pipe and one delivery pipe. It is usually placed above the liquid level in the sump. When the crank rotates clockwise from dead centre (IDC) (from A) to outer
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The reciprocating pumps is a positive displacement pump. It operates on the principle of actual displacement or pushing the liquid by a piston or plunger that reciprocates in a closely fitting cylinder. These pumps usually have one or more cylinders which are alternatively filled with liquid to be pumped and then emptied again. In this
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