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    A liquid-ring pump is a rotating positive-displacement gas pump, with liquid under centrifugal force acting as a seal. Liquid-ring pumps are typically...
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    A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into...
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    pump is a class of positive-displacement pumps that includes the piston pump, plunger pump, and diaphragm pump. Well maintained, reciprocating pumps can...
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    An ionic liquid piston compressor, ionic compressor or ionic liquid piston pump is a hydrogen compressor based on an ionic liquid piston instead of a metal...
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    induced by a load at the pump outlet. When a hydraulic pump operates, it creates a vacuum at the pump inlet, which forces liquid from the reservoir into...
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    All centrifugal pumps require liquid in the liquid casing to prime. If the pump casing becomes filled with vapors or gases, the pump impeller becomes...
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    extraction Paper mills Liquid ring pumps In refrigeration systems, it is common for the system to contain a mixture of liquid and gas, but for the mechanical...
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    Vacuum truck (section Pumps)
    truck, vac-con is a tank truck that has a pump and a tank. The pump is designed to pneumatically suck liquids, sludges, slurries, or the like from a location...
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    fixed-displacement pump such as a spur-gear or a gerotor pump. The centerline distance from the rotor to the eccentric ring is used to determine the pump's displacement...
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    vane pump, the most common Diaphragm pump, zero oil contamination Liquid ring high resistance to dust Piston pump, fluctuating vacuum Scroll pump, highest...
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    A peristaltic pump, also commonly known as a roller pump, is a type of positive displacement pump used for pumping a variety of fluids. The fluid is contained...
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    A Fuel pump is a component used in many liquid-fuelled engines (such as petrol/gasoline or diesel engines) to transfer the fuel from the fuel tank to...
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    Turbopump (redirect from Turbo pump)
    commonly found in liquid rocket engines. There are two common types of pumps used in turbopumps: a centrifugal pump, where the pumping is done by throwing...
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    Dye laser (redirect from Ring-dye laser)
    or pump lasers. Dye lasers were independently discovered by P. P. Sorokin and F. P. Schäfer (and colleagues) in 1966. In addition to the usual liquid state...
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    mid-1950s that his idea was accepted. 1905 Liquid ring pump A liquid ring pump is a rotating positive displacement pump that is powered by an induction motor...
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  • A slurry pump is a type of pump designed for pumping liquid containing solid particles. Slurry pumps changes in design and construction to adjust to multiple...
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    Siphon (section Siphon pump)
    flow upward, above the surface of a reservoir, with no pump, but powered by the fall of the liquid as it flows down the tube under the pull of gravity,...
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    Edwards Vacuum (category Pump manufacturers)
    purchase the assets of Chinese, liquid ring vacuum pump manufacturer Shandong Jinggong Pump Co Ltd, to join the Edwards vacuum pump business. Vacuum technology...
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    some designs the electrodes are fixed and the liquid is raised and lowered by an external cylinder or pump. Motor start systems used for frequent and rapid...
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  • hydrogen stations and hydrogen pipeline transport. Liquid-ring pump – Type of rotating positive-displacement pump. Rotary-screw compressor – Gas compressor using...
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    A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a nearly constant volume independent of pressure. It...
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  • ejector is a type of vacuum pump, which produces vacuum by means of the Venturi effect. In an ejector, a working fluid (liquid or gaseous) flows through...
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    multi-stage submersible pump. Electric submersible pumps are multistage centrifugal pumps operating in a vertical position. Liquids, accelerated by the impeller...
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    End-face mechanical seal (category Pumps)
    rotating equipment, such as pumps, mixers, blowers, and compressors. When a pump operates, the liquid could leak out of the pump between the rotating shaft...
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    rotating pump shafts and hydraulic cylinder pistons. Static applications of O-rings may include fluid or gas sealing applications in which: (1) the O-ring is...
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    machines use liquid fluid power to perform work. Heavy construction vehicles are a common example. In this type of machine, hydraulic fluid is pumped to various...
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    and cylinder head, through which a liquid (coolant) is pumped by a coolant pump. This liquid may be water (in climates where water is unlikely to freeze)...
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    Float switch (category Pumps)
    sensor, a device used to detect the level of liquid within a tank. The switch may be used to control a pump, as an indicator, an alarm, or to control other...
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    American engineer who invented the liquid-ring-vacuum pump, and was the holder of over a hundred United States patents for pumps, engines, and other equipment...
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  • a liquid. As the ring is pulled out of the liquid, the force required is precisely measured in order to determine the surface tension of the liquid. The...
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