Project ForgeFluid Mechanics
Flow Through Pipes
GATE 2014
Easy
Slurries are most conveniently pumped by a
- Asyringe pump
- diaphragm pump
- Cvacuum pump
- Dgear pump
Explanation
Diaphragm pumps have no close-clearance moving parts in contact with the pumped fluid (a flexible diaphragm displaces it instead), so they tolerate abrasive, particle-laden slurries well — unlike gear pumps (tight clearances easily damaged/jammed by solids) or syringe/vacuum pumps (not suited to continuous slurry duty).
Source: GATE CH 2014 (2014)
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