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Adaption of Water Ram Pump for Small-Scale Irrigation

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A hydraulic ram is a cyclic water pump powered by water hammer effect. The device uses to develop pressure permits a portion of water that powers pump to be elevated to a point higher than where the originally started. The ram is often useful, since it requires no outside source of power other than kinetic energy of flowing water. This paper deals with adaptation of water ram pump for small-scale irrigation. This research conducted making using of ANSYS, computational fluid dynamics. Different configurations of waste valves have been designed, checked and investigation results recorded. Investigations show that height testes effect on drive head, delivery head, pipe cross sections, design and arrangements of waste valve, flow rate and velocity. The final optimum ram pump has designed, developed and tested for small-scale irrigation and household purpose. It is observed that at a river flow rate of 9 L/min and head of 5 m, hydraulic ram pumps water at a flow rate of 0.7 L/min for 37M head. This typical test shows raising of water up to 740% with respect to height can be achievable. Moreover, this pump can extensively be utilized in rural areas where water is flowing in gorge areas for 7/24 at no expense of extra power utilized.

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    Assefa Asmare Tsegaw

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    Solomon Workneh Fanta

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    Addisu Negash Ali

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Tsegaw, A.A. (2021). Adaption of Water Ram Pump for Small-Scale Irrigation. In: Delele, M.A., Bitew, M.A., Beyene, A.A., Fanta, S.W., Ali, A.N. (eds) Advances of Science and Technology. ICAST 2020. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 385. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80618-7_14

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