Reciprocating pump

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Reciprocating pump attached to a Windmill on a farm.

A reciprocating pump is a class of positive-displacement pumps which includes the piston

pump, plunger pump and diaphragm pump. It is often used where a relatively small quantity
of liquid is to be handled and where delivery pressure is quite large. In reciprocating pumps, the
chamber in which the liquid is trapped, is a stationary cylinder that contains the piston or plunger.
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1 Types

2 Examples

3 See also

4 References

Types[edit]
Reciprocating pumps may be of the following types

Simple hand-operated reciprocating pump

Power operated deep well reciprocating pump

Single-acting reciprocating pump

Double-acting reciprocating pump

triple -acting reciprocating pump

Examples[edit]
Some examples of reciprocating pumps include

Windmill water and oil pump

Hand pump

Axial piston pump

Radial piston pump

See also[edit]
Pump

References[edit]

Pump Handbook third edition (EDITED BY Igor J. Karassik Joseph P. Messina Paul Cooper
Charles C. Healdeald)

Maritime.org

Roymech.co.uk

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