Hydraulic ram pumps available for download and read online in other formats. The hydraulic ram pump, or hydram, concept was first developed by the mongolfier brothers in. Preface this laboratory manual is prepared by the department of civil engineering, mcet for hydraulic engineering laboratory. Design and construction of a hydraulic ram pump from. Dont worry, it does obey the laws of physics, but ill try to explain the operation later. Pdf design and construction of a hydraulic ram pump. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Pdf a hydraulic ram is a pump in which the momentum of a driving stream of. University and their book hydraulic hydraulic ram pumps a guide to. A hydraulic ram also called hydram is a pump that uses energy from a falling quantity of water to pump some of it to an elevation much higher than the original level at the source. The design and fabrication of a hydraulic ram pump hydram is undertaken. Hydraulic ram pumps introduction the hydraulic ram pump, or hydram, concept was first developed by the mongolfier brothers in france in 1796 they are better remembered for their pioneering work with hotair balloons. Piston ram pumps are a variation of ram pump with a piston added.
With an inlet of 500mm and scalable, this really is the largest ram pump in the world and it delivers large amounts of water to higher elevations or over long distances all without the use of. Hydraulic ram pumps can be used to provide water away from the. They are designed to be 2 to 4 times as efficient at delivering water as ram pumps. Modern hydraulic rams all work on the same principle although the cannon. The length of the pipe from the source to pump site called the drains pipe.
These pumps may work at lower flows andor higher lifts than the typical ram pump. Cars, airplanes, light bulb, water pumps, computers, the human body have all. Mohammed the difference in the height between the pump site and the paint of storage or use life. Watt s b a manual on the hydraulic ram for pumping water itdg publishing, 1975. Given all these variables, the amount of water delivered with a single 2 ram pump system can.
I was asked to test the two designs of ram pump to find out if one was better. The hydraulic ram pump, or hydram, concept was first developed by the. Pump water with no electricity, no gasoline, just gravity. A manual on the hydraulic ram for pumping water watt s b practical action. Pdf design, manufacture and test a hydraulic ram researchgate. Design and construction of a hydraulic ram pum shuaibu n. No other energy is required and as long as there is a continuous flow of falling water, the pump will work continuously and automatically. The highest power developed by wind miles or water. Essentially, a hydram is an automatic pumping device which utilises a small fall of water to lift. And though we all know that such a gadget probably doesnt exist, there is a piece of equipment that comes pretty close. The final section of the booklet contains a setup and operation manual for the ram pump. It is meant to lift water from a depth of 2m below the surface with no other external energy source required.