This document summarizes different types of pumps. It discusses reciprocating pumps, which include piston, plunger and diaphragm pumps, and are based on two-stroke principles. It also discusses rotary pumps, including gear, lobe, screw, cam and vane pumps, which are positive displacement pumps. Finally, it discusses centrifugal pumps, how they work by converting mechanical energy to hydraulic energy using centrifugal force on liquids, and their advantages of being simple and handling liquids with solids, and disadvantages like inability to handle viscous fluids efficiently.