PHYSICAL MODELLING TESTING FOR RAM PUMP PERFORMANCE
The provision of adequate domestic water supply for the scattered rural population is a major problem in many developing countries including Malaysia. Operation for the common pumping system has become an issue of water supply to rural and remote areas due to a few reasons such as power supply shortage, inaccessible infrastructure and new settlement. In order to minimize the problem, a study was conducted in NAHRIM’s laboratory using ram pump technology. The aim of the study is to identify the performance of ram pump for achieving sustained performance at optimum operational condition in laboratory scale. The testing component consisted of the ram pump and inverter controlled pumping system with a series of pipelines. A total of 2 testing conditions were conducted during the study, which were the dam simulation and river simulation with 6 testing scenarios. It was found that the ram pump could transfer 10% of the total volume of water sources from any open channel using only kinetic energy. The result of this study also found that the ram pump has a potential in supplying water for rural and remote settlement area especially near the river.
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Abstract
The provision of adequate domestic water supply for the scattered rural population is a major problem in many developing countries including Malaysia. Operation for the common pumping system has become an issue of water supply to rural and remote areas due to a few reasons such as power supply shortage, inaccessible infrastructure and new settlement. In order to minimize the problem, a study was conducted in NAHRIM’s laboratory using ram pump technology. The aim of the study is to identify the performance of ram pump for achieving sustained performance at optimum operational condition in laboratory scale. The testing component consisted of the ram pump and inverter controlled pumping system with a series of pipelines. A total of 2 testing conditions were conducted during the study, which were the dam simulation and river simulation with 6 testing scenarios. It was found that the ram pump could transfer 10% of the total volume of water sources from any open channel using only kinetic energy. The result of this study also found that the ram pump has a potential in supplying water for rural and remote settlement area especially near the river.
Citation
NOOR AZME OMAR, IR. ICAHRI HJ. CHATTA, Mohd Baharum Muhamad Din, Mohd Fauzi Mohamad, Kamarul Huda Samion, Ts. Dr. Ahmad Farhan Hamsah, DR. MOHD KHAIRUL NIZAR SHAMSUDDIN, IR. HJ. RADZI ABD HAMID. 2017. PHYSICAL MODELLING TESTING FOR RAM PUMP PERFORMANCE. Digital NAHRIM Publication Repository.