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1 Reservoir
Reservoir or hydraulic fluid tank or oil tank is used to store the working fluid. The
quality andcondition of working fluid is most important for satisfactory operation of system.
Hence reservoiris designed, made and assembled with all necessary accessories to keep
working fluid in bestoperating condition.
A reservoir serves following functions: 1) To store sufficient quantity of working fluid.
2) To dissipate heat of fluid.
3) With the help of accessories it keeps fluid in best operating condition.
Types of reservoir: There are two types of reservoir.
1) Integral reservoir.
2) Separate reservoir
Tank top Assembly type Reservoir: This is a rectangular tank. Width of tank is almost equal to height of tank, and length
isapproximately double the width. Special feature of this type is, motor, pump, manifoldblock
and most of the hydraulic valves and accessories are mounted on top cover of reservoir.Main
advantage of this type of reservoir is its compactness. Disadvantage of this type is thatwhen
oil immersed type of pump is used with bell-housing and vertical motor, then for any
servicing of pump, oil of tank is to be drained out. And if tank is of large capacity such as 500
to 1000 litersthen storing such large amount of oil in another container is very difficult. One
of the way by whichthis problem is solved, is by making top cover from thick steel plate, and
for any servicing completetop cover is lifted along with motor, pump assembly mounted on it
by over-head crane, and aftercompleting servicing and maintenance, tank top cover is again
placed on its original position.
displacement pumps while hydrodynamic pumps can be fixed displacement pumps, in which
the displacement (flow through the pump per rotation of the pump) cannot be adjusted, or
variable displacement pumps, which have a more complicated construction that allows the
displacement to be adjusted. Although, hydrodynamic pumps are more frequent in day to day
life. Hydrostatics pump which are of various types works on the principle of Pascal's law. It
states that the increase in pressure at one point of the enclosed liquid in equilibrium of rest is
transmitted equally to all other points of the liquid, unless the effect of gravity is neglected.
(in case of statics)
The simplest vane pump is a circular rotor rotating inside of a larger circular cavity. The
centers of these two circles are offset, causing eccentricity. Vanes are allowed to slide into
and out of the rotor and seal on all edges, creating vane chambers that do the pumping work.
On the intake side of the pump, the vane chambers are increasing in volume. These increasing
volume vane chambers are filled with fluid forced in by the inlet pressure. Inlet pressure is
actually the pressure from the system being pumped, often just the atmosphere. On the
discharge side of the pump, the vane chambers are decreasing in volume, forcing fluid out of
the pump. The action of the vane drives out the same volume of fluid with each rotation.
Multistage rotary vane vacuum pumps can attain pressures as low as 106mbar
1.9 Bell-Housing
There are two ways of fixing a pump to a motor. First by mounting motor and pump
on acommon flat base plate. Motor has its build-in foots, if pump is of foot mounted type
then it isadjusted to the centre line of motor and bolted to base plate. Or if pump does not
have build-infoot but flange mounted, then a bracket is made, and then pump is mounted on
bracket andcoupled to motor, as shown in following diagram.This arrangement requires large
floor area, and it is too difficult to align the centre line of pump with centreline of motor.
Misalignment results in damage ofbearing of both motor and pump and fast wear and tearof
coupling. Second and most widely used alternative of fixingpump with motor is by means of
bell housing as shownin following sketch.Bell housing is casted or fabricated structure,
andaccurately machined. Motor mounted on one side andpump on other side. As it is
accurately machined, henceit ensures perfect alignment of motor and pumpassembly.
inexpensive. Check valves work automatically and most are not controlled by a person or any
external control; accordingly, most do not have any valve handle or stem. The bodies
(external shells) of most check valves are made of plastic or metal.
An important concept in check valves is the cracking pressure which is the minimum
upstream pressure at which the valve will operate. Typically the check valve is designed for
and can therefore be specified for a specific cracking pressure. Heart valves are essentially
inlet and outlet check valves for the heartventricles, since the ventricles act as pumps.
A ball check valve is a check valve in which the closing member, the movable part to block
the flow, is a spherical ball. In some ball check valves, the ball is spring-loaded to help keep
it shut. For those designs without a spring, reverse flow is required to move the ball toward
the seat and create a seal. The interior surface of the main seats of ball check valves are more
or less conically-tapered to guide the ball into the seat and form a positive seal when stopping
reverse flow.
Ball check valves are often very small, simple, and cheap. They are commonly used in liquid
or gel minipump dispenser spigots, spray devices, some rubber bulbs for pumping air, etc.,
manual air pumps and some other pumps, and refillable dispensing syringes. Although the
balls are most often made of metal, they can be made of other materials, or in some
specialized cases out of artificial ruby. High pressure HPLCpumps and similar applications
commonly use small inlet and outlet ball check valves with both balls and seats made of
artificial ruby, for both hardness and chemical resistance. After prolonged use, such check
valves can eventually wear out or the seat can develop a crack, requiring replacement.
Therefore, such valves are made to be replaceable, sometimes placed in a small plastic body
tightly-fitted inside a metal fitting which can withstand high pressure and which is screwed
into the pump head.
There are similar check valves where the disc is not a ball, but some other shape, such as a
poppet energized by a spring. Ball check valves should not be confused with ball valves,
which is a different type of valve in which a ball acts as a controllable rotor to stop or direct
flow.
A diaphragm check valve uses a flexing rubber diaphragm positioned to create a normallyclosed valve. Pressure on the upstream side must be greater than the pressure on the
downstream side by a certain amount, known as the pressure differential, for the check valve
to open allowing flow. Once positive pressure stops, the diaphragm automatically flexes back
to its original closed position. A swing check valve or tilting disc check valve is check valve
in which the disc, the movable part to block the flow, swings on a hinge or trunnion, either
onto the seat to block reverse flow or off the seat to allow forward flow. The seat opening
cross-section may be perpendicular to the centerline between the two ports or at an angle.
Although swing check valves can come in various sizes, large check valves are often swing
check valves. The flapper valve in a flush-toilet mechanism is an example of this type of
valve. Tank pressure holding it closed is overcome by manual lift of the flapper. It then
remains open until the tank drains and the flapper falls due to gravity. Another variation of
this mechanism is the clapper valve, used in applications such firefighting and fire life safety
systems. A hinged gate only remains open in the inflowing direction. The clapper valve often
also has a spring that keeps the gate shut when there is no forward pressure. Another example
is the backwater valve (for sanitary drainage system) that protects against flooding caused by
return flow of sewage waters. Such risk occurs most often in sanitary drainage systems
connected to combined sewerage systems and in rainwater drainage systems. It may be
caused by intense rainfall, thaw or flood.
A stop-check valve is a check valve with override control to stop flow regardless of flow
direction or pressure. In addition to closing in response to backflow or insufficient forward
pressure (normal check-valve behavior), it can also be deliberately shut by an external
mechanism, thereby preventing any flow regardless of forward pressure.
A lift-check valve is a check valve in which the disc, sometimes called a lift, can be lifted up
off its seat by higher pressure of inlet or upstream fluid to allow flow to the outlet or
downstream side. A guide keeps motion of the disc on a vertical line, so the valve can later
reseat properly. When the pressure is no longer higher, gravity or higher downstream pressure
will cause the disc to lower onto its seat, shutting the valve to stop reverse flow.
An in-line check valve is a check valve similar to the lift check valve. However, this valve
generally has a spring that will 'lift' when there is pressure on the upstream side of the valve.
The pressure needed on the upstream side of the valve to overcome the spring tension is
called the 'cracking pressure'. When the pressure going through the valve goes below the
cracking pressure, the spring will close the valve to prevent back-flow in the process. A
duckbill valve is a check valve in which flow proceeds through a soft tube that protrudes into
the downstream side. Back-pressure collapses this tube, cutting off flow.
position, after taking pressure up to its maximum capacity. Hence always use pressure gauge
of double the more capacity than working pressure. That means, for200kg/cm2 working
pressure use pressure gauge of 400 kg/cm2 capacity.