Actually, my Glockemann, with some modifications, works pretty regularly on our site, which has been earlier described on this site, low head, lots of floods and debris...made of fiberglass and really light...can take a bent plastic 15 meter intake no problem...contact Rainbow Power in Australia for some detials...
Jeffe On 11/2/04 1:46 AM, "Evans Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > If you are looking at a ram pump (my family were building them from > about 1860) it's going to be a very large lump of kit 6" or larger drive > pipe, so I would go for a small turbine driven pump that you could pick > up with one hand. You should get a delivery of 20 to 25 gpm at 75ft > head. > Rams are nice in small sizes if the flow is constant, clean and known. > Introduce any variables such as eels, leaves or varying delivery > pressure and they just stop. > Rupert > Evans Engineering UK > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: tm9214080 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 31 October 2004 13:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [microhydro] Ram Pumps > > > > > I am looking for SPECIFIC design information for ram pumps. All of > my internet searches turn up general information or designs for > particular ram pumps, but they do not give me the information I need > to design and build a pump customized to my situation. I see 2 books > listed on this site: > A Manual on the Hydraulic Ram for Pumping Water > author S.B. Watt > > Hydraulic rams - a comparative investigation > author J. Tacke > > Can anyone recommend either of these for my needs? > > My particulars are: > > Drive head=7 feet > drive volume= 500 gpm > delivery head= 75 feet > delivery pipe (now in place)= 500 feet of 2 inch pvc > > I want to get maximum delivery from this. I am assuming, perhaps > wrongly, that ram pump will be the best method but perhaps there are > more efficient ways to harness this power for pumping water. > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at > http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of > charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! > > NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who > provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does > not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. > > More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net > > To unsubscribe: send empty message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at > http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge > and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! > > NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides > us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse > products or support the advertisements in any way. > > More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net > > To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
