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Discharge of Reciprocating Pump: This Can Be Seen in The Graph Shown Below

The discharge of a single-acting reciprocating pump is not continuous because it takes half a revolution for the suction stroke and half a revolution for the discharge stroke. The discharge is maximum at 270 degrees when the crank is at the bottom and the piston is in the middle, and decreases from 270 to 360 degrees before repeating. Slip is defined as the difference between the theoretical and actual discharge of a pump, where the actual discharge is less due to leakage. The discharge formula for a single-acting reciprocating pump is the cross-sectional area multiplied by the length of stroke multiplied by the speed in revolutions per second.

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Discharge of Reciprocating Pump: This Can Be Seen in The Graph Shown Below

The discharge of a single-acting reciprocating pump is not continuous because it takes half a revolution for the suction stroke and half a revolution for the discharge stroke. The discharge is maximum at 270 degrees when the crank is at the bottom and the piston is in the middle, and decreases from 270 to 360 degrees before repeating. Slip is defined as the difference between the theoretical and actual discharge of a pump, where the actual discharge is less due to leakage. The discharge formula for a single-acting reciprocating pump is the cross-sectional area multiplied by the length of stroke multiplied by the speed in revolutions per second.

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Discharge of reciprocating pump

The discharge of the single-acting reciprocating pump is not continuous


because during one revolution of the crank half the time is consumed by
the suction stroke and only half the time discharge occurs.  

This can be seen in the graph shown below

Let θ  be the crank angle. Now let us assume the rightmost point of the
crank circle as 0 degrees. 

  So this is the suction stroke and hence discharge is zero. As it completes a


semicircle i.e. 180 degrees, only then the discharge starts (i.e the return
stroke starts) and we can see the graph rising.  

The discharge is maximum when the crank is at 270 degrees at the bottommost point of the
circle and the piston is in the middle of the cylinder.  
After that, the discharge continues to drop from 270 to 360 degrees and
the cycle begins once again.  
Slip in reciprocating pump
Slip in a reciprocating pump is defined as, ” The difference between
the theoretical discharge and the actual discharge of the pump”.   

The actual discharge of the pump is less than the theoretical discharge due
to the small amount of leakage.  

Reciprocating pump discharge formula


 A single-acting reciprocating pump has one suction stroke and one
delivery stroke for one rotation of the crank. The liquid is delivered by the
pump during delivery stroke only.  

Let,  
R = Radius of crank
L = Length of stroke = 2R A = Cross-sectional area of the cylinder
N = speed of pump in r.p.m  = N/60 r.p.s  

Then,  

Stroke volume = A × L  


Discharge of pump per second (Q ) = stroke volume ×  no of
revolutions/sec    
Q = A × L × N / 60

Work done by Reciprocating pump formula


 Weight of water discharged per sec W= w × Q  

Where,  w = specific weight of the liquid. Q = Discharge of pump / sec    

Work done by the pump = Weight of water discharged/sec × Total height through which the
water is lifted.                                        

Work done by pump =  W × ( Hs + Hd)

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