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dc.contributor.authorLukanga, Gerald
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-23T08:21:41Z
dc.date.available2019-10-23T08:21:41Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/6772
dc.descriptionA project report submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the bachelor’s degree of Science in Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.description.abstractWater collection from sources especially in Uganda due to its hilly topography generally, is quite hard and a complex activity to undertake, because of the expensive existing alternatives used such as fuel pumps, solar pumps and in addition to that, fuel pumps have an adverse effect to the environment in terms of air pollution and noise which they do emit during their operation. Therefore, this project study was aimed at finding an alternative solution to water pumping or collection method especially from flowing streams or rivers using an energy free hydraulic ram pump, a pump which uses the hydraulic pressure of water to pump part of the water from the low lying areas to highly elevated altitudes thus eliminating the use of external conventional energy sources to pump water and above all it requires minimal maintenance after installation because of the simplicity of the materials used in its construction. To ensure the proper establishment of a successful and operational design project, different research methods, designs and experiments were carried out. The design was done with solid works software and the experiments were carried out after the prototype was constructed. The experiments were carried out by varying the source head of the pump while monitoring the delivery flow rate, the waste flow rate and the delivery pressures. The delivery head was measured using GPS Receiver COMNAV T300 in Real Time Kinematic (RTK). Results obtained from the experiments were analysed and it was observed that the delivery flow rate of the pump increases with an increase in the supply head, no delivery pressures were recorded as the pressure gauge showed no deflections, this was to the limited supply of water as the experiments were being carried out. Considering the experiments carried out, the recommendations would be on further study on other design concepts, especially on the part of the waste valve, ways of limiting the wastage that goes through it, a thorough study on the effect of the air column on the operation of the pump and the experiments to be carried out from a place where there is a continuous supply of water into the pump to have proper and accurate analysis of the system. The study carried out was limited because of the inadequacy in terms of funds. As suggested in the proposal, there The maximum head pump head attained was 6.3 m with a maximum delivery flow rate of 7.1 litres per minute at a supply head of 2 m but, different delivery heads can be attained with changes in the supply head of water into the pumpen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMakerere Universityen_US
dc.subjectWater collection from sourcesen_US
dc.subjectHilly topographyen_US
dc.subjectFuel pumpsen_US
dc.subjectSolar pumpsen_US
dc.subjectAir pollutionen_US
dc.titleDesign and construction of a ram pumpen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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