Centrifugal Pump Operation Quiz
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What is the purpose of keeping the delivery valve closed after priming?

  • To create a forced vortex (correct)
  • To increase pressure
  • To avoid air bubbles in the line
  • To rotate the impeller
  • What is the first step in the operation of a centrifugal pump?

  • Filling the delivery pipe
  • Priming (correct)
  • Starting the electric motor
  • Opening the delivery valve
  • How is the fluid discharged from a centrifugal pump?

  • Inward with reduced velocity and pressure
  • In an outward radial direction with increased velocity and pressure (correct)
  • In a downward axial direction with reduced velocity and pressure
  • Inward with increased velocity and pressure
  • What creates a partial vacuum near the eye of the impeller in a centrifugal pump?

    <p>Discharging the fluid to the delivery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What contributes to the development of head in a centrifugal pump?

    <p>Whirling motion of the liquid imparted by the rotating impeller</p> Signup and view all the answers

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