Flamingo rope pump
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Flamingo rope pump Basic Data Category: Environmental technologies,Renewable energies URL (first publication): http://www.wot.utwente.nl/publications/flamingo-rope-pump/ptp2011-construction-manual.pdf Keywords: environmental, hand pump, hydraulic, piston, water, rope, wheel Organization: WOT University Twente Project status: Active Translation status: 1-Without Translation Technical documentation Maturity of the project: prototype
Contains PDF-drawings: Yes Assembly instructions are published: Yes Bill of materials is published: Yes Contributing guide is published: No Mechanical hardware Contains original mechanical hardware: Yes CAD Format:
Electronic hardware Contains original electronic hardware: No
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Other Contains original software: No
Technology Readyness Level TRL: 2
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Description
The basic parts of a rope pump are the rising main and the rope with the pistons. The rising main is a pipe, usaly made of PVC, that hangs with one end in the ground water and the comes with the other end above the ground. By moving the rope, and therefore the pistons upward, water will be lifted.
To easy the driving of the rope though the pipe a wheel is used and the rope is made endless by knotting both rope ends together.
Key Features
The wheel is made of the side walls from a car tire. By put-ting the two walls together a sharp V-shape is created. This V-shape ensures that the wheel has a good grip on the rope so it won’t slip and thereby prevents excessive tear and wear.The pump and inlet guide are made completely from PVC. No iron parts are present in the water of the well who otherwise corrode easily.
The frame is based on a simple one pole structure that reduces costs and simplifi es the manufacturing. The bearing for the wheel axle is made out of one piece of pipe. This avoids aligning problems. The bearing has an integraded automatic one directional brake. This will pre-vent that the wheel and handle turn in the opposite direction by the pulling action from the water in the raising main when stopped with pumping.
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