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International Journal of Engineering Research in Computer Science and Engineering (IJERCSE)

Monthly Journal for Computer Science and Engineering

Open Access Journal

International Journal of Engineering Research in Computer Science and Engineering (IJERCSE)

Monthly Journal for Computer Science and Engineering

ISSN : 2394-2320 (Online)

Design of Hydraulic Ram Pumps for Irrigation

Author : Etkaf Hasan Khan 1

Date of Publication :20th June 2017

Abstract: The hydraulic train is one of the oldest mechanical equipment for lifting water designed two and a halve centuries ago. The first implementation used the water supply principle of a brasserie. A valve had to be closed manually in this system. Upgrades have very soon been modified to automatically run the system. The ram was also improved with technological advances, but electric and fuel pumps were superseded. Today, the ram is a reliable, low-care, durable alternative to motor-driven pumps. The hydraulic ram is able to pump up approximately 10 percent of the fiber energy from a driver pipe to a higher altitude. No external input of energy is needed. Since numerous studies were conducted to build hydraulic railways with autonomous valves and high water supply systems, the aim of this research was to build a reliable, low cost ram made of off - the-shelf parts available locally. Various valves on the driver pipe were tested in the laboratory at different elevations of the water column. To assess the efficiency of the ram, pumping pressure and water flow was recorded in the supply pipe. An off-stage clapper valve has been shown to be reliable and over 30 percent effective. For six weeks, the hydraulic ram worked freely and entirely independently of maintenance, which supplied the field enough water during this period with pumping efficiency of 44%.

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