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This article is about the mechanical device. For the shoe see Pump (shoe). For the Aerosmith album see Pump (album).
For Wikipedia's Village Pump (the Wikipedia community's general discussions area), see Wikipedia:Village pump. A pump is a device used to move liquids, or slurries. A pump moves liquids or gases from lower pressure to higher pressure, and overcomes this difference in pressure by adding energy to the system (such as a water system). A gas pump is generally called a compressor, except in very low pressure-rise applications, such as in heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning, the equipment is known as fans or blowers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x1024, 367 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Pump ...
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A water supply network is a system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components, including: the watershed or geographic area that collects the water, see water purification - sources of drinking water; a raw (untreated) water reservoir (above or below ground) where the water gathers, such as a lake, a river, or...
The Hengsteysee The Hengsteysee (Lake Hengstey) is a reservoir on the Ruhr river between the cities of Hagen, Dortmund and Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...
A pump can mean many different types of shoe depending on the person using the word and where they are located. ...
Aerosmith is a prominent American rock band, often regarded as Americas Greatest Rock and Roll Band. ...
Pump is the tenth studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ...
A liquid will usually assume the shape of its container. ...
A slurry may be: Look up slurry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. ...
All-air and air-water HVAC systems use air ducts, outlets, and inlets installed throughout their buildings. ...
The earliest pump was described by Archimedes in the 3rd century BC and is known as the Archimedes screw pump. Pumps work by using mechanical forces to push the material, either by physically lifting, or by the force of compression. Archimedes (Greek: ; c. ...
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 3rd century BC started on January 1, 300 BC and ended on December 31, 201 BC. // Events The Pyramid of the Moon, one of several monuments built in Teotihuacán Teotihuacán, Mexico begun The first two Punic Wars between Carthage...
Archimedess screw (also the Archimedean screw) is one of several inventions and discoveries reputed to have been made by Archimedes. ...
Types
 A two-lobe pump (multiple rotor, positive displacement type)
 Hand-operated, reciprocating, positive displacement, water pump in Košice-Ťahanovce, Slovakia (walking beam pump). Pumps fall into two major groups: rotodynamic pumps and positive displacement pumps. Their names describe the method for moving a fluid, such as water. Image File history File links Rotary_piston_pump. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 532 KB) Summary Author: Marian Gladis Water pump, Ťahanovce Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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Ťahanovce [tyahanoutze] is a city part of Košice, Slovakia. ...
Rotodynamic pumps Rotodynamic pumps are rotary machines. They cause a fluid to move by transferring the kinetic (rotational) energy from a motor, through an impeller, propeller or rotor, into fluid pressure (potential energy). Rotodynamic pumps are divided into three types: centrifugal pumps, peripheral pumps and special pumps. Kinetic energy is the energy by virtue of the motion of an object. ...
A Centrifugal Pump is a rotodynamic pump that uses a rotating impeller to increase the pressure of a fluid. ...
Peripheral pumps give energy to the fluid via a vane wheel impeller. Peripheral pumps can be single stage or multistage. They are also called side-channel pumps or regenerative turbine pumps.
Special types of pumps includes jet pumps, gas lift pumps and electromagnetic pumps. A eductor-jet pump is special type of pump without moving parts that uses the kinetic energy of a fluid in a venturi to suction a second fluid. Eductor-jet pumps are useful for draining areas which may contain volatile fluids (which could ignite if exposed to the workings of a standard electric or internal combustion powered pump) or high levels of debris (which could damage screws or blades in conventional pump designs). ...
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A steam siphon uses the kinetic energy of steam to suction a liquid. siphon principle A siphon (also spelled syphon) is a continuous tube that allows liquid to drain from a reservoir through an intermediate point that is higher than the reservoir, the up-slope flow being driven only by hydrostatic pressure without any need for pumping. ...
Positive displacement pumps A positive displacement pump causes a fluid to move by trapping a fixed volume of water and then forcing (displacing) that trapped volume into the discharge pipe. Positive displacement pumps can be further classified as either rotary-type (for example the rotary vane pump) or reciprocating-type (for example the diaphragm pump). A rotary vane pump is a positive displacement pump that consists of variable-length, tensioned vanes mounted to a rotor that rotates inside of a cavity. ...
A diaphragm pump is a positive displacement pump that uses a combination of the reciprocating action of a rubber or teflon diaphragm and suitable non-return check valves to pump a fluid. ...
Application
 metering pump f.e. gasoline, additives Pumps are used throughout society for a variety of purposes. Early applications includes the use of the windmill or watermill to pump water. Today, the pump is used for irrigation, water supply, gasoline supply, air conditioning systems, refrigeration (usually called a compressor), chemical movement, sewage movement, flood control, marine services, etc. Image File history File links Dosierpumpe. ...
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Spanish Windmills at La Mancha A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ...
Watermill of Braine-le-Château, Belgium (12th century) A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour or lumber production, or metal shaping (rolling, grinding or wire drawing). ...
A plumber wrench for working on pipes and fittings Plumbing, from the Latin for lead (plumbum), is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures for potable water systems and the drainage of waste. ...
Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ...
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Sewage is the liquid water produced by human society which typically contains washing water, laundry waste, faeces, urine and other liquid or semi-liquid wastes. ...
Because of the wide variety of applications, pumps have a plethora of shapes and sizes: from very large to very small, from handling gas to handling liquid, from high pressure to low pressure, and from high volume to low volume.
Power source
 Domestic Central Heating Pump Pumps may be powered by an internal combustion engine, electric motor, manually (as with the hand pump used for pumping groundwater, called walking beam pump), or by wind power (common for irrigation). Solar power has been used to power an electric motor, for remote locations.[1] Image File history File links Gemaal. ...
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Jaagpad street in Rijswijk Rijswijk ( listen), also Ryswick in English (population: 47,693 in 2004) is a suburb of The Hague in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1632x1224, 371 KB) Summary Central Heating Pump Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
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A colorized automobile engine The internal combustion engine is a heat engine in which the burning of a fuel occurs in a confined space called a combustion chamber. ...
Rotating magnetic field as a sum of magnetic vectors from 3 phase coils An electric motor converts electrical energy into kinetic energy. ...
Handpumps are used primarily in developing nations as a manually powered means of bringing water to the surface from a borehole or well. ...
Groundwater is water located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of geologic formations. ...
An electrically driven pump (electropump) for waterworks near the Hengsteysee, Germany. ...
Wind farm in Neuenkirchen, Dithmarschen, Germany. ...
High-altitude aerial view of irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara ( ) Irrigation is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops or plants. ...
Solar power describes a number of methods of harnessing energy from the light of the sun. ...
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A colourful nodding donkey in the United States A nodding donkey is the overground drive for a submersible pump in a borehole. ...
An electrically driven pump (electropump) for waterworks near the Hengsteysee, Germany. ...
A bicycle pump is a type of positive displacement pump specifically designed for inflating bicycle tires. ...
A boiler feedwater pump is a specific type of pump used to pump water into a steam boiler. ...
Manual breast pump A breast pump is a mechanical or electrical device that extracts milk from the breasts of a woman who is breastfeeding. ...
A Centrifugal Pump is a rotodynamic pump that uses a rotating impeller to increase the pressure of a fluid. ...
Chain Pumps This is a kind of water pump where an endless chain has positioned on it a series of circular discs. ...
A circulator pump is a specific type of pump used to circulate gases, liquids, or slurries in a closed circuit. ...
Because it is a fluid, concrete can be pumped to where it is needed. ...
A condensate pump is a specific type of pump used to pump the condensate (water) produced in an HVAC (heating or cooling) or refrigeration system. ...
Compressor has several meanings: A gas compressor is a mechanical device that takes in a gas and increases its pressure by squeezing a volume of it into a smaller volume. ...
Compressor has several meanings: A gas compressor is a mechanical device that takes in a gas and increases its pressure by squeezing a volume of it into a smaller volume. ...
A Cyclic pump is an apparatus which moves a fluid in a periodic uni-directional direction from one containment system to another while overcoming static conditions that would, without intervention, not move. ...
Eductor-jet pumps are useful for draining areas which may contain volatile fluids (which could ignite if exposed to the workings of a standard electric or internal combustion powered pump) or high levels of debris (which could damage screws or blades in conventional pump designs). ...
An electrically-driven pump (electropump) for waterworks near the Hengsteysee, Germany. ...
A fire pump is usually a part of a large building fire sprinkler system and is connected to the municipal water system at the intake and to the buildings sprinkler system risers at the discharge. ...
A jockey pump is a small pump connected to a fire sprinkler system. ...
Handpumps are used primarily in developing nations as a manually powered means of bringing water to the surface from a borehole or well. ...
A Metering pump is a pump used to pump liquids at adjustable flow rates which are precise when averaged over time. ...
Linear peristaltic pump Linear peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump is a type of positive displacement pump used for pumping a variety of fluids. ...
A progressive cavity pump is a kind of pump which moves fluid by means of a cavity which progresses along the body of the pump. ...
Pumping station Van Sasse in Grave, the Netherlands Pumping station Van Sasse in Grave, the Netherlands Pumping stations are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. ...
A colourful nodding donkey in the United States A nodding donkey or pump jack is the overground drive for a submersible pump in a borehole. ...
Rope pumps are used in developing areas to raise water from wells. ...
The Roundabout PlayPump uses the energy of children at play to operate a water pump. ...
The Tesla turbine is a bladeless turbine design patented by Nikola Tesla in 1913. ...
A turbopump can refer to either of two types of pump. ...
The Roots blower is one of the most common type of vacuum pumps A vacuum pump is a pump that removes gas molecules from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. ...
Well water is drawn via mechanical pump from a source below the surface of the earth. ...
A windpump is similar to a windmill. ...
Further reading - Australian Pump Technical Handbook, 3rd edition, 1987, Australian Pump Manufacturers' Assocation Ltd
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