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A positive displacement pump causes a liquid or gas to move by trapping a fixed amount of fluid or gas and then forcing (displacing) that trapped volume into the discharge pipe. Positive displacement pumps can be further classified as either rotary-type (for example the rotary vane) or lobe pumps similar to oil pumps used in car engines.Moreover,these pumps give a non pulsating output or displacement unlike the reciprocating pumps and hence are called positive displacement pumps

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Classify types of pumps with sketches?

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