Experiment 5: Piston Pump Performance Test: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Manual

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Manual

Preliminary Data Sheet

Name: Experiment No.: 5


Group No.: 1 Date Performed:
Course/ Section: MELAB2-k068

Experiment 5: Piston Pump Performance Test

A. Data:
B. Speed (n):__________min-1

Description Symbols Units Measurements


Time t hh:mm
Suction Pressure p1 bar g (gaugepressure)
Delivery Pressure p2 bar g (gaugepressure)
Temperature T1 °C
Volume flow rate Ṽ (dV/dt ) L/min
Electric Power Pel W
Indexed Power Pind W
Hydraulic Power Phyd W
Efficiency Ƞ %

Plot the hydraulic power vs efficiency.

Ƞ(%)

Phyd(W)

EXPERIMENT 5: Piston Pump Performance Test


C. Sample Computation

D. Findings/ Analysis

E. Conclusion

F. Questions

1. What is a piston pump?


- It pumps pressurized water or used to move liquids or compress gases
2. Explain how piston pumps work?
- It uses a mechanism to create a reciprocating motion along an axis, which then
builds pressure in a cylinder or working barrel to force gas or fluid through the
pump.
3. What are the types of piston pump, explain each type and give their practical
application?
 Lift Piston Pump - In this type of pump, the piston above stroke can draw
fluid with the help of a control device which is named as valve into the below
portion of the cylinder.
 Force Pump - in this type of pump, the piston pumps upstroke can draw fluid
throughout an inlet valve to the cylinder (tube). On top of the down stroke, the
fluid level can be discharged via an exit valve into the outlet tube.
 Axial Piston Pump - This is pump is a positive displacement pump and it has
several pistons within a circular array of a tube block. These pumps can be

EXPERIMENT 5: Piston Pump Performance Test


used like an automotive air conditioning compressor, a separate pump,
otherwise a hydraulic motor.
 Radial Piston Pump - This pump is one kind of hydraulic pump, and the
working pistons expand within a radial track symmetrically in the region of
the drive shaft, in disparity in the direction of the axial piston pump.
4. What is a positive displacement pump?
- has an expanding cavity on the suction side and a decreasing cavity on the
discharge side. Liquid flows into the pumps as the cavity on the suction side
expands and the liquid flows out of the discharge as the cavity collapses. The
volume is a constant given each cycle of operation.
5. Describe the difference between Piston pump and plunger pump.
- A piston pump is a type of positive displacement pump where the high-pressure
seal reciprocates with the piston. A plunger pump is a type of positive
displacement pump where the high-pressure seal is stationary and a smooth
cylindrical plunger slides through the seal.

Noted by:

Instructor

EXPERIMENT 5: Piston Pump Performance Test

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