EVALUATION OF FIELD ELIGIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF A SINGLE COMPRESSION 3”HYDRAULIC-RAMP-PUMP

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Hydram pump is a device used to raise water from low pressure to higher pressure automatically by utilizing the potential energy and the kinetic energy of the water itself. The hydram pump mechanism of action of a hydram pump is that there is a change in the potential energy and the kinetic energy of the water into a dynamic pressure that causes a water hammer. Dynamic pressure will be forwarded into the air tube that functions as an amplifier. The efficiency of a hydram pump is influenced by several parameters, including; fall height, characteristics of the sewage valve, characteristics of the delivery valve, diameter of the delivery head and size of the air tube. The aim of this research is to find out the influence of the delivery head and mass of the waste valve on the efficiency of a 3-inch hydram pump. The method used is a field experiment with descriptive analysis. The results showed that the delivery head and mass of the sewage valve affected the efficiency of the hydram pump. This study also showed that the highest efficiency occurred in the mass variable 2 kg and deliver head 3 m that is equal to 56.63%, while the lowest occurred in mass variable 3 kg and delivery head 7 m.

Keywords: Deliver head; Waste valve mass; Hydram pump efficiency