Design and Construction of a Hydraulic Ram （液压油缸的设计和施工）.pdfVIP

Leonardo Electronic Journal of Practices and Technologies Issue 11, July-December 2007 ISSN 1583-1078 p. 59-70 Design and Construction of a Hydraulic Ram Pump Shuaibu Ndache MOHAMMED Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria shuaibu_mohammed@ Abstract The Design and Fabrication of a Hydraulic Ram Pump (Hydram) is undertaken. It is meant to lift water from a depth of 2m below the surface with no other external energy source required. Based on the design the volume -5 3 flow rate in the derived pipe was 4.5238 × 10 m /s (2.7 l/min), Power was 1.273 kW which results in an efficiency of 57.3%. The overall cost of fabrication of this hydram shows that the pump is relatively cheaper than the existing pumps. Keywords Hydram; Pump; Volume Flow Rate; Power; Efficiency; Impulse Valve; Delivery Valve. Introduction The hydraulic Ram pump or hydram is a complete automatic device that uses the energy in the flowing water such as spring, stream or river to pump part of the water to a height above that of the source. With a continuous flow of water a hydram operates continuously with no external energy source. A hydram is a structurally simple unit consisting of two moving parts. These are the impulse valve (or waste valve) and the delivery (check) valve. The unit also consists of an air ch