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Advantages<br />

• Positive displacement<br />

• Self priming<br />

• Meters flow<br />

• Flow rate is not system head<br />

dependent<br />

• Flow rate is not sludge<br />

concentration dependent<br />

• Easy clean out capability<br />

• Low cost of maintenance???<br />

Plunger Pumps<br />

Disadvantages<br />

• High Capital Cost<br />

• High Maintenance<br />

• Lots &Lots of Parts<br />

• Packing Leaks<br />

• Must lubricate Babbit that<br />

drives plungers<br />

(2-3 drops/min = 1 quart/day)<br />

• Very Messy

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