Pump Guide

This is a brief pump guide to common applications:

Common Denomination	Pump Type	Common Applications
Accelerator (hot water)	Rotodynamic	- Domestic heating – Community heating and Air conditionning – House garden use
API 610 Pump	Rotodynamic – Oil	- Sulphur – Liquified Gas – Hot liquids – Nuclear and Thermal power plant – Ciment plant – Corrosive liquids – Refinery
API 674/675 Pump	Rotodynamic	– Sulphur
API 674/675 Pump	Rotodynamic	- Sulphur
Archimedean screw pump	Positive displacement pump	- Waste water
Axial flow pump	Rotodynamic	- Clear water – Water supply – Marine – Sea water – Drainage – Dewatering – Dry dock – Irrigation
Axially split centrifugal pump	Rotodynamic	- Metallurgy – Water supply – Nuclear and Thermal power plant – Oil – Sea water – Geothermal – Desalination – Underground storage – Hydrotest – Re-injection
Barrel emptying pump	Rotodynamic	- Barrel emptying
Barrel pump	Rotodynamic	- Chemical – Ciment plant – Nuclear and Thermal power plant – Oil – Refinery – Re-injection – Clear water
Channel impeller pump	Rotodynamic	- Liquid – Manure – Water treatment – lifting – Marine – Sugar mill – Wine industry – Waste water – Public works – Brewery – Chemical – Paper Mill – Metallurgy – Abrasive liquids – Mud
Concrete casing pump	Rotodynamic	- Water supply
Diaphragm pump	Positive displacement pump	- Viscous liquids – Marine – Abrasive liquids – Ciment plant – Corrosive liquids – Waste water – Mud – Chemical
Food liquid pump	Rotodynamic	- Food and Agronomy
Fountain pump	Rotodynamic	- Fountains – Water jets
Gear pump	Rotodynamic	- Machine shop – Viscous liquids – Lubrication – Hydrotest – Fuel injection
Glandless pump	Rotodynamic	- Nuclear and Thermal power plant – Chemical
Hand pump	Positive displacement pump	- House garden use – Clear water
Hydraulic ram	Rotodynamic	- Agriculture – Water supply
Hydro ejector	Rotodynamic	- House garden use – Agriculture – Borehole – Deep well – Water supply
In line pump	Rotodynamic	- Sea water – Corrosive liquids – Liquified Gas – Refinery – Chemical – Marine – Clear water – Brewery – Sugar mill
Liquid ring pump	Rotodynamic	- Fountains – Water jets – Marine – House garden use
Lobe pump	Positive displacement pump	- Food and Agronomy – Brewery – Chemical – Paper Mill – Plastic Industry – Wine industry – Viscous liquids – Fragile liquids – Paint – Dyeing – Emulsion
Macerator pump	Rotodynamic	- Waste water – Mud – Water treatment – lifting
Mixed flow pump	Rotodynamic	- Irrigation – Circulation – Cooling – Agriculture – Desalination – Water supply – Nuclear and Thermal power plant – Borehole – Deep well – Drainage – Dewatering – Refinery – Sea water – Marine – Clear water – Dry dock – Paper Mill
Multi stage centrifugal pump	Rotodynamic	- House garden use – Brewery – Agriculture – Re-injection – Fire fighting – Booster – Paint – Dyeing – Emulsion – Chemical – Refinery – Wine industry – Clear water – Paper Mill – Sea water – Sugar mill – Plastic Industry – Food and Agronomy – Liquified Gas – Public works – Ciment plant – Mine drainage – Marine – Geothermal – Pressure cleaning – Water supply – Drainage boosting – Community heating and Air conditionning – Irrigation – Desalination – Domestic heating – Storage – Circulation – Cooling – Gas washing – Watering – Spraying – Distillery
NF E 44-111 standard pump	Rotodynamic	- House garden use – Agriculture – Mine drainage – Drainage boosting – Dry dock – Fire fighting – Borehole – Deep well – Chemical – Clear water – Brewery – Ciment plant – Desalination – Swimming pool – Food and Agronomy – Water treatment – lifting – Sugar mill – Metallurgy – Wine industry – Geothermal – Steel industry (Scales-Siudges) – Marine – Storage – Water supply – Nuclear and Thermal power plant – Circulation – Cooling – Plastic Industry – Community heating and Air conditionning – Domestic heating – Paper Mill – Fuel injection
NF E 44-121/ISO 2858 pump	Rotodynamic	- Hot liquids – Corrosive liquids – Paper Mill – Liquified Gas – Nuclear and Thermal power plant – Ciment plant – Refinery – Steel industry (Scales-Siudges) – Sugar mill – Plastic Industry – Clear water – Geothermal – Metallurgy – Gas washing – Chemical – Oil
Peristaltic pump	Positive displacement pump	- Viscous liquids – Corrosive liquids – Laboratory – Food and Agronomy – Fragile liquids – Paint – Dyeing – Emulsion – Wine industry
Piston pump	Positive displacement pump	- Liquified Gas – Food and Agronomy – Agriculture – Mine drainage – Mud – Clear water – Re-injection – Viscous liquids – Brewery – Pressure cleaning – Oil – Lubrication – Liquid – Manure
Proportioning pump	Positive displacement pump	- Oil – Chemical – Refinery – Dosing
Screw pump	Positive displacement pump	- Lubrication – Marine – Paper Mill – Chemical – Ciment plant – Distillery – Oil – Machine shop – Plastic Industry – Fuel injection – Refinery – Viscous liquids – Sulphur – Nuclear and Thermal power plant – Brewery – Food and Agronomy – Paint – Dyeing – Emulsion – Sugar mill
Self priming pump	Rotodynamic	- Agriculture – Chemical – Marine – Public works – Sump – Cellar drainage
Shower pump	Rotodynamic	- House garden use – Swimming pool
Side channel pump	Rotodynamic	- Chemical – Liquified Gas – Marine – Vehicule (loading & unloading)
Single stage centrifugal pump	Rotodynamic	- Domestic heating – Storage – Refinery – Marine – Community heating and Air conditionning – Public works – Water supply – Plastic Industry – Paper Mill – Sugar mill – Water treatment – lifting – Wine industry – Chemical – Ciment plant – Circulation – Cooling – Irrigation – House garden use – Fire fighting – Vehicule (loading & unloading) – Clear water – Distillery – Swimming pool – Dry dock – Sea water – Geothermal – Corrosive liquids – Agriculture – Desalination – Food and Agronomy – Brewery
Submersible borehole pump	Rotodynamic	- Geothermal – Marine – Agriculture – Underground storage – Mine drainage – Dry dock – Borehole – Deep well – Watering – Spraying – Fire fighting – Water supply – Storage – Irrigation – Public works – Booster – House garden use – Clear water – Liquified Gas – Sea water
Submersible pump	Rotodynamic	- Agriculture – Liquid – Manure – Charged liquids – Distillery – Food and Agronomy – Brewery – Chemical – Waste water – Sea water – Clear water – Ciment plant
Swimming pool pump	Rotodynamic	- Swimming pool
Torque flow pump	Rotodynamic	- Food and Agronomy – Waste water – Brewery – Paper Mill – Water treatment – lifting – Chemical – Sugar mill – Wine industry – Marine – Mud
Turbine pump	Rotodynamic	- Desalination – Refinery – Oil – Geothermal