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ARTICLE

LAB-SCALE SYSTEM FOR SMALL RAM PUMP’S TESTING AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

M. El-Bayoumi^a,†, A. M. Abouel-Fotouh^a, Amal El Berry^a

a Mechanical Engineering Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Giza, 12622, Egypt
† Corresponding author, Email: el_bayoumi@hotmail.com

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2023, 20, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.5098/hmt.20.8

Abstract

Ram pumps employ renewable energy in the form of water head to pump water, but they have performance issues that require difficult on-site testing and tuning, hence limiting their application. The current research developed a low-cost lab-scale testing system for small ram pumps’ performance evaluation, tuning and leak testing. The developed system is made from available, low-cost, sensors and components. It conserves test water by setting the supply head through continuous circulation of water. The system was tested on a low-cost small sized ram pump, specially built using plumbing components. Test results demonstrated the capacity of the developed testing system.

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