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PUMPS: PART I (BASIC PARTS AND FUNCTION)

Sample Exam

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I. Identification. Identify what is being described by the statement.

1. Any substance that can be pumped such as oil, water, refrigerant, or


Fluid
even air.
Gasket 2. Flat material that is compressed between two flanges to form a seal.
Horizontal 3. Pumps in which the center line of the shaft is horizontal.
pumps
Impeller 4. The part of the pump that increases the speed of the fluid being
handled.
Inboard 5. The end of the pump closest to the motor.
Inter-stage 6. A barrier that separates stages of a multi-stage pump.
diaphragm
Shroud 7. The metal covering over the vanes of an impeller.
Slurry 8. A thick, viscous fluid, usually containing small particles.
Stages 9. Impellers in a multi-stage pump
Strainer 10. A device that retains solid pieces while letting liquids through
Key 11. A rectangular piece of metal that prevents the impeller from rotating
on the shaft.
Keyway 12. The area on the shaft that accepts the key.
Kinetic energy 13. Energy associated with motion.
Mixed flow 14. A pump that uses both axial-flow and radial-flow components in one
pump impeller.
Multi-stage 15. Pumps with more than one impeller.
pumps
Outboard 16. The end of the pump farthest from the motor.
Positive 17. Pumps that move fluids by physically displacing the fluid inside the
displacement pump.
pumps
Radial 18. Bearings that prevent shaft movement in any direction outward from
bearings the center line of the pump.
Wearing rings 19. Replaceable rings on the impeller or the casing that wear as the
pump operates.
PUMPS: PART I (BASIC PARTS AND FUNCTION)
Sample Exam

Self-Priming 20. A pump that does not require priming or initial filling with liquid.
Pump
Split-case 21. Pump with an axially divided pump housing.
pump
Horizontal 22. Pump with horizontal pump shaft
pump
Vertical pump 23. Pump with vertical pump shaft
Radial flow 24. Flow at 90° to the center line of the shaft.
Rotor 25. The rotating parts, usually including the impeller, shaft, bearing
housings, and all other parts included between the bearing housing
and the impeller.
Score 26. To cause lines, grooves, or scratches.
Shaft 27. A cylindrical bar that transmits power from the driver to the pump
impeller.
Shaft sleeve 28. A replaceable tubular covering on the shaft.
Multi-stage 29. Pump with several series-coupled stages.
pump
Long-coupled 30. Pump connected to the motor by means of flexible coupling. The
pumps motor and pump have separate bearing constructions.
Close-coupled 31. Pump connected to motor by means of rigid coupling.
pumps
viscosity 32. Measure of thickness of fluid
Suction 33. The place where fluid enters the pump.
Suction eye 34. The place where fluid enters the pump impeller
Thrust 35. Force, usually along the center line of the pump.
Thrust 36. Bearings that prevent shaft movement back and forth in the same
bearings direction as the center line of the shaft.
Vanes 37. The parts of the impeller that push and increase the speed of the fluid
in the pump
Vertical pumps 38. Pumps in which the center line of the shaft runs vertically
Volute 39. The part of the pump that changes the speed of the fluid into pressure
Radial Flow 40. Flow is directed perpendicular to direction of flow at the suction
pump
Axial flow 41. Flow is directed at the same direction with flow at the suction
pump
PUMPS: PART I (BASIC PARTS AND FUNCTION)
Sample Exam

Mixed-flow 42. Flow is directed on both axial and radial direction


pump
Pump curve 43. A graphical plot of head vs capacity
44. This seal arrangement incorporates a clean barrier fluid with a higher
Type O “back pressure than the pumped medium. This totally prevents leakage
to back” from the pumped medium to the environment and the clean barrier
tandem seal fluid secures a good lubrication of the seal faces of both seals.
Single-stage 45. Pump with single impeller
pump
46. This is being used to cool down the seal faces and remove deposits
Internal in the seal chamber for single mechanical shaft seals.
circulation
47. The fluid between the two mechanical shaft seals is called?
Barrier fluid
48. Undesired removal of material from a surface.
Wear
49. Most common cause of pump downtime
Mechanical
shaft seal
failure
Flow 50. The amount of liquid that passes through a pump within a certain
period of time.
Pressure 51. Force per unit area
Absolute 52. Pressure above absolute vaccum
pressure
Gauge 53. The pressure which is higher than normal atmospheric pressure.
pressure
Differential 54. The pressure difference between the pressures measured at two
pressure points.
55. This seal arrangement incorporates a clean flushing fluid with a lower
Type P pressure than the pumped medium. This cools the seal rings of the
“tandem” seal seal in the pumped medium and prevents precipitation from leakage.

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