Inventor windmill waterpump project

[TheC1c2c3c4c]

i would suggest that you move the parts below the blades so they don't block air ...

and three blades is the most efficient blade configuration..

also it may be beneficial if you can detach the pump and add a generator when you don't need water running... if they decide they need power at a latter point in time

[ThinkStage]

Very cool

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[rcdufffy]

Great Video, Most people could build this with simple tools, I think I will build one just for fun, thanks for sharing.

[gamester57]

you mean african countries not country's

[newage4energy]

52 peters, you should give lectures, everyone seems to want your formulas, recipes, strategy,you are in demand.! Look at all the responses! Did ya get a patent?

[PHOTOIK]

ok

[52peters]

Please don't ask for drawings, I don't have them anymore!

[PHOTOIK]

People used better technology in the 18th century :)

[52peters]

@PHOTOIK yes but it was designed to use in the porest regions of africa where they don't have special tools to build this, where the people are farmers with not much more knowledge as in 18th century and where sandy winds occur. It's indeed back to basics.

[seliguy555]

what did you design this with?

[neogoo123]

@seliguy555 he used autodesk inventor, as the name implies

[bernardint]

Hi

Is it possible to have the plans to build such a machine in (Edea) Cameroon

Thanks

[dengelkemier]

I had a similar idea only I was going to try a Tesla turbine for the pump.

[MrGabimus]

what program you use

[noamdodo]

Hi there. Can you provide detailed dimensions of the end design. I would like to try it. what kind of pump did you use?

Thanks Noam Dotan

[52peters]

It will not overspeed because of the vane (not shown). The rotor and frame are free to rotate around the pole that is connected to the leftside of the frame. The vane on a long pole will produce the force to keep it in the wind, but when the wind gets too strong the vane will lift up, and the force of the rotor will be bigger than the vane's reaction force so it will automatically turn out of the wind in case of to much windspeed!

[awizardalso]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be critical. Just seemed to be a simpler solution for the problem.

[lio0nheart]

was that your B.s project ?

[johnnytheprick]

52PETERS,

and like i sed, youd b better off using cogs.

[52peters]

It's not a commercial pump, its a project for Africa, so I designed it for the knowledge and tools they have. you can produce it without a millingmachien, just with some turning machine.

[realjoefriday]

You should consider a counterweight as well. Take a look at some of the oilfield pump jacks which are extremely similar.

The counterweight is raised while the sucker rod strokes downwards. In doing so, you take advantage of energy that would be discarded during the down stroke of your system.Then, the energy is released during the up-stroke.

Start with trying a counterweight equal to the buoyant weight of the sucker rod plus half of the weight of the water pumped on each stroke.

[westkan]

I immediately seen an oilfield pumping unit as well. A balanced system is nearly necessary on deep water wells, but practically useless on shallower welld where the mill or motorised pump jack is required to push the plunger back down because the sucker string doesn't have enough weight to fall fast enough to keep up with the wind. Other wise the mill would be trying to lift the string before the plunger had time to get a full load of fluid.

[awizardalso]

Wouldn't it be simpler to just to take the 'up-down' motion for the pump rod directly off the axle crank instead of the slightly more complicated mechanism you designed?

[52peters]

No, because the end of the pole is at the top of the frame, because there is a (not shown) bearing on the downside of the frame and on the upside. The rotor has to be in the middle of those to bearings to have more equal forces on each bearing. ( this project is already finishd 3 years ago) and this wasn't the end result :)

[awizardalso]

It probably would've helped me to see it better if it was all included in the animation. Sorry if I seemed critical. I've been guilty of over-complicating things myself and I look for simpler ways. In any event, good job on the finished product.

[SpencahD]

@52peters Using lever action in place of gear action is elegant to say the least. I have a similar plunge-pump design that is cam operated on a VAWT, use the VAWT rather than the radial so that overspeed isn't a problem, and directionality is moot (Lowest maintenance, longest life)

Nice design all around, just the overspeed thing will DESTROY this model as it is designed.

[noamdodo]

Can you provide dimensions or drawings of parts?

[splendidfate2000]

i'm a 1st year ME student. i need to interview a mechanical engineer for a school assignment. anyone want to volunteer? send me a message. thanks.

[Oxbe123]

nice project, I wonder how you designed the rest though.

[52peters]

it was a student project, had to be a windmill pump that can be build with the materials and the tools that are available in African countries. Costs where 1400 euro. I don't know what school did with the project, but we finished it fully with technical drawings.

[aditiad1]

has it been commercial tried ? what is the status as on date ?

[BHT195]

not bad :). Will the windmill be able to cycle the pump though? Might it be worth putting in a step-down gear so it can pump with very little wind?

[sblack650]

why not a simple gear box so u can have both?

[nuke38]

You are both missing the point: this is supposed to be as simple to make and maintain as possible, a gear box is not simple to make nor maintain, this is!

[sblack650]

then make the arm being driven by the wheel ajustable at the top end along the lenght of the ajascent arm and also have the weigh on that arm ajustable in the same fasion to keep the balance and better efficiency. Simple and practical.

[westkan]

That would be adjusting the stroke not balancing. AFIK a walking beam can only be balance by using beam weights or crank. weights.

[pettit27]

very good vedio, Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bendavis575]

pretty good