Terminology

The names of most devices used for suction and discharge of liquids, composed of the word "pump" and the corresponding definitions, are characterized, as a rule, or principle of his actions (eg, centrifugal, electromagnetic), or design features (horizontal, jagged, vane) or supplied medium (eg, groundwater pumping). Sometimes, a definitive word captures the purpose or scope of the pump. (Eg, laboratory, dosing), the type of drive (manual, electric), as well as by design or company name. Several of the devices have received special names, such as: gas lift, one of the designs of which is called the Mammoth-pump, or pump Mammoet, a propellant, which include monzhus, also called pump Montezhyu or pneumatic pump.; Hydraulic elevator, the injector and the ejector is a kind of jet pump. There were also quite different destination devices, such as: vacuum pumps designed to remove gases from the closed volume, heat pumps - installation for the transfer of heat from the environment (air or water) having a lower temperature to an object with a higher temperature (eg, water heating system) Pump flux, performing the periodic changes in magnetic flux in a closed circuit, etc.