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What is the difference between centrifugal pump and positive displacement pump?

What is the difference between centrifugal pump and positive displacement pump?

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The centrifugal pump is usually driven by an impeller, and the head has a functional relationship with the flow rate. Positive displacement pump is gear or piston drive, each stroke output flow is constant, and the head does not matter, the pressure head can be infinite.
The centrifugal pump is to rely on high-speed rotation of the impeller to do work on the fluid. These two types of pumps are also the most widely used.
Positive displacement pump is the volume pump, this type of pump is to rely on changes in volume to compress fluid work, including: diaphragm pumps, gear pumps, screw pumps, etc.;

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