WTECH 182 Pump and Pumping Systems

Assignment #1: Centrifugal Pump Classification & Theory

Instructions
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2 points Response correctly answers the question, is factually correct; and is thorough.
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Text
Arasmith, Skeet. Pumps & Pumping, Eighth Edition. ACR Publications, Inc., 1298 Elm Street
SW, Albany, OR 97321, 2000.

Chapter
Lesson 1, "Centrifugal Pump Classification & Theory."

Study Questions

1. Describe the function of a pump.

2. List the two basic pump categories, explain the basis for this classification and describe
the operational differences between these two categories.
3. Describe the difference between a dry well and a wet well lift station.
4. Define the following terms.
a. suction lift
b. suction head
5. List the four basic parts of a centrifugal pump and describe the purpose of each.
6. Describe the basic displacement pump components.
7. For water and wastewater applications, what are three ways used to measure energy in
water?
8. What are two ways pressure or pressure head can be created in a water system?
9. What is velocity head?
10. Describe an example of a real-life situation where velocity head is involved.
11. What is the purpose of a motor associated with a centrifugal pump?
12. Describe the forms of energy involved in the energy transfer from the motor to the motor
shaft.
13. Describe the forms of energy involved in the energy transfer from the impeller to the
liquid being pumped.
14. Describe how an impeller works.
15. What causes an impeller throw water outward toward the volute?
16. List the two main parts of an impeller.
17. What is the name of an impeller with
a. a shroud on only one side?
b. a shroud on both sides?
c. no front or back shroud?
18. Describe what determines the size of solids that can pass through a pump with a
a. semi-open impeller
b. closed impeller
19. What two forms of energy alternate in the volute?
20. How do the forms of energy change as liquid travels around the volute?
21. What causes the transfer of velocity head to pressure head in a centrifugal pump?
22. What is significant about the toe of the volute with respect to energy transfer?
23. What causes liquid to continuously enter a pump?