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Research and development on traditional water lifting devices: endless piston water pump
conference contribution
posted on 2018-02-12, 15:10 authored by Janaka J. WijetungeThis paper deals with the research and development work carried out on a traditional water lifting device known as the
Rope Pump, with a view to increase its pumping rate and efficiency. The research work resulted in developing and modifying
the traditional device to a considerable extent. The newly designed pump, named as the Endless Piston Water Pump
(EPWP) delivers 100% more water at the expense of 50% less energy than the traditional pump. Moreover, the EPWP
may be installed in boreholes as well as in open wells. The above improvement is possible because the EPWP remedies
two shortcomings in the Rope Pump, -namely, the escape of water between rope knot and riser pipe and the slip of the
rope on the main pulley.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WIJETUNGE, J.J., 2006. Research and development on traditional water lifting devices: endless piston water pump. IN: Fisher, J. (ed). Sustainable development of water resources, water supply and environmental sanitation: Proceedings of the 32nd WEDC International Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13-17 November 2006, 417-420.Publisher
© WEDC, Loughborough UniversityVersion
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This is a conference paper.Other identifier
WEDC_ID:13498Language
- en
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