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LAB-SCALE SYSTEM FOR SMALL RAM PUMP’S TESTING AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
M. El-Bayoumia,†, A. M. Abouel-Fotouha, Amal El Berrya
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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El-Bayoumi, M., Abouel-Fotouh, A. M., Berry, A. E. (2023). LAB-SCALE SYSTEM FOR SMALL RAM PUMP’S TESTING AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, 20(1), 1–6.