The Effect of Design Parameters on the Discharge of a Transparent Cylinder Single-Acting Reciprocating Pump

This project presents the Effect of Design Parameters on Discharge a Single-acting Reciprocating Pump for use in Mechanical Engineering laboratory Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU). The provides portable positive displacement pump demonstrating movement fluids laboratory. component consists atransparent piston-cylinder assembly, suction pipe, delivery valve, crank, and connecting rod mechanism powered by an electric motor. During operation this apparatus, there will be visual piston during stroke per each cycle. has diameter 0.100 m, length 0.305 designed speed 20 r.p.m. head are 0.762 m 1.585 respectively. practical operations were performed, data was collected. reciprocating principles applied pressure analysis strokes. parametric carried out includes acceleration at beginning middle end stroke. Analyses results indicate discharge delivery.0008 m3/s with work done 18.40 Nm/sec. Further studies performed four different diameters, lengths, speeds. used computation pump.