Pumps And Motors

Question 1

Name the 2 main groups of pumps

Answer 1

• Positive

- Dynamic

Question 2

Name the two methods of physically displacing fluid

Answer 2

• reciprocating (up and down)

- rotary (round and round)

Question 3

Name a type of positive displacement pump

Answer 3

• Gear wheel pump
• rotary
• piston

Question 4

Explain Bernoulli’s principle in a simple way

Answer 4

• The speed of a moving fluid increases

- the pressure within the fluid decreases

Question 5

electric motors convert …….. into ……..

Answer 5

Electrical energy into mechanical motion

Question 6

I’m two examples of dynamic displacement pump

Answer 6

• Centrifugal

- Axel