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A gasoline pump or fuel dispenser is a machine at a filling station that is used to pump gasoline (petrol), diesel, or other types of liquid fuel into vehicles. Gasoline pumps are also known as bowsers or petrol bowsers (in Australia and South Africa), [2] [3] petrol pumps (in Commonwealth countries), or gas pumps (in North America).
Typical old-style fuel gauge on a 50 ccm chinese-made scooter from 2008, with the internationally used pictogram of a gas pump. The system can be fail-safe. If an electrical fault opens, the electrical circuit causes the indicator to show the tank as being empty (theoretically provoking the driver to refill the tank) rather than full (which ...
It is similar to that of a piston pump, but the high-pressure seal is stationary while the smooth cylindrical plunger slides through the seal. Plunger-type pumps are often mounted on the side of the injection pump and driven by the camshaft. [4] These pumps usually run at a fuel pressure of 3,600–26,100 psi (250–1,800 bar). [3]
A speedometer or speed meter is a gauge that measures and displays the instantaneous speed of a vehicle. Now universally fitted to motor vehicles , they started to be available as options in the early 20th century, and as standard equipment from about 1910 onwards. [ 1 ]
If a pump forces the liquid through a tube connected to a system consisting of a Venturi to increase the liquid speed (the diameter decreases), a short piece of tube with a small hole in it, and last a Venturi that decreases speed (so the pipe gets wider again), the gas will be sucked in through the small hole because of changes in pressure.
This was constructed by the Humphrey Gas Pump Co. of Syracuse, NY, who had licensed the Humphrey patents. [5] A single Humphrey pump was installed at a Sewage works in Southend-on-Sea, England during 1914. The pump had head of 65 ft at a capacity of 198,000 gallons per day. Construction works started for a second pump but was cancelled in 1915. [5]
Thermodynamic pump testing is a form of pump testing where only the temperature rise, power consumed, and differential pressure need to be measured to find the efficiency of a pump. These measurements are typically made with insertion temperature probes and pressure probes fitted to tapping points on the pump's inlet and outlet. [ 1 ]
By 1971, Supertest was producing about 3,000 barrels per day, or about 10% of the sales of its gas stations In 1966, Supertest sponsored the first Canadian tournament for the Ladies Professional Golf Association, the Supertest Ladies Open, at the Sunningdale Golf Club in London. Fifty of the world's top women golfers competed for the Supertest ...