Basic Civil & Mechanical Engineering: UNIT IV: f. Pumps
Reciprocating Pumps - Classification According to the number of cylinders
As the name suggests, a reciprocating pump having only one cylinder is known as Single Cylinder Reciprocating Pump.
Classification According to THE NUMBER OF
CYLINDERS
1. SINGLE CYLINDER RECIPROCATING PUMP
As
the name suggests, a reciprocating pump having only one cylinder is known as
Single Cylinder Reciprocating Pump. Fig. 1 shows a Single Cylinder Single
Acting Reciprocating Pump. Note that a single cylinder pump may also be a
double acting reciprocating pump.
2. DOUBLE CYLINDER RECIPROCATING PUMP
See
Fig. 3. A Double Cylinder (Single Acting) Reciprocating Pump is the one which
has two single acting cylinders. Each cylinder is provided with a suction pipe
fitted with a suction valve and a delivery pipe fitted with a delivery valve.
Also,
there is a separate piston for each of the two cylinders as shown. Both the
pistons are simultaneously driven from cranks set at 180°.
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