in power plant which pump is used for feeding the water
a) centrifugal pump or
b) reciprocating pump.
and why?

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in power plant which pump is used for feeding the water a) centrifugal pump or b) reciprocating p..

Answer / sreekanth

Normally in high pressure boilers Centrifugal pumps are
used due to hich discharge

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in power plant which pump is used for feeding the water a) centrifugal pump or b) reciprocating p..

Answer / pradeep rana

Generally both are used in the power plant ,depending upon
the capacity of plant.

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in power plant which pump is used for feeding the water a) centrifugal pump or b) reciprocating p..

Answer / avishek bhattacharya

For feeding water to the boiler drum Boiler feed pumps are used.It is a multistage centrifugal pump,it is used because it has high discharge as well as high pressure( by multistaging)as it has to deliver water against the drum pressure and also the drum is loacted 60 m above ground.Discharge pressure is upto 20 mpa.

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in power plant which pump is used for feeding the water a) centrifugal pump or b) reciprocating p..

Answer / tarang

reciprocating pump is used as water has to be pumped at high
head (pressure) and at medium discharge (or low)

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in power plant which pump is used for feeding the water a) centrifugal pump or b) reciprocating p..

Answer / arvind kumar shakya

in power plant need to high head of water centrifugal pump

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