Iranian Water Researches Journal

Design, Construction and Evaluation of a Hydraulic Ram Pump made of Polyethylene Materials

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Nader Sakenian
Shahab Arshad
Abstract
The hydraulic ram pump is a simple device for lifting water. This pump should be installed in a height lower than water source. The difference between pump and water source head causes pressure. This pressure closes waste valve of the pump and then opens the valve because of dropping of pressure. As waste valve opens and closes automatically, the pump works continuously. This pump works without electrical and fossil fules, but uses renewable energy, also made of polyethylene material. The experiment was performed according to a factorial layout in a complete randomized blocks design. Three factors studied in this research were height of source head (A), length of drive pipe (B) and diameter of drive pipe (C). In the experiment, the normal delivery of pump and discharge for action of 100 beats of the waste valve, were measured as indicators for analyzing and considered as dependent variants. The results showed that the main factors of source head and diameter of drive pipe had significant effects on pump output; Also effect of different levels of pipe length on output was significant. The results showed Instruction in A?C was worthy of note.

Keywords

waste flow
polyethylene
ram pump
hydraulic

  • Receive Date 22 August 2011
  • Revise Date 28 March 2012
  • Accept Date 28 April 2012

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