Alternative Renewable Energy - Wind powered water pump

University of South Florida class project to pump 5 gallons of water in 3 minutes using only the air from a carpet dryer.

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[MountainDweller67]

Wow...what kind of engineering class is this? I mean, some of your tests were pushing 5-ft of head, others were pulling 1-ft and pushing 5-ft...geesh, not 'fair-and-balanced' in any way. I started out wondering what amount of head your tests had to push...but then, you had some trying to pull 5-ft of head without prime...not even some commercial pumps can do that. Doesn't really make sense, at all. BTW, I did my Graduate engineering studies at OU...

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[OfficerMike07]

(continued) Someone mentioned we should take this outside and use nature's wind, rather than use an electric fan. We live in a flat state, and our campus is not on the coast. Our grades are earned based on our machines' relative performances, and the only way to compare fairly is to use a reliable, constant wind source, such as a fan.

[OfficerMike07]

(continued) This semester's schedule gives us 51 days from the day it was assigned to the day we compete. During this time, this project is not a top priority for the students, as most of us are more concerned with our Capstone design course project, which is a more serious, and larger-scale project that is funded by NSF.

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[OfficerMike07]

I'm in this class now, and I'd like to address a few concerns raised in the previous comments. First of all, this is an elective course, undergraduate-level mechanical engineers. The class does not receive any funding from the school; as such, all materials and labor are at the expense of the 4-5 students in each group. Group members are randomly matched by the instructor, and we have no input on who we work with. As such, the collective skill set in each group varies greatly. (continued)

[h3xyournightmare]

i'm from Romania, i'm also student of Engineering University, but when I watch this video... i can't believe those guys are students. Really! This is child play what they are doing in the clip. But those guys are the future NASA engineers ;) life is a bitch!

[electrodacus]

This is a really low budget university.

But what is worst is that this is an university and the way they are conducting experiments and how much students "contribute" to this class is "amazing".

I wonder if they learned anything.

I'm glad I did my studies in east Europe.

Then again maybe this is not a technical university but an art school in that case is probably fine.

[jcb570]

with schools teaching are young men and woman how to change the world no wounder china is going to pass the usa. this is a joke. go to china's schools and learn somthing

[MkeKen67]

OR, they could have just created a siphon effect at the top of the tube, instead of trying to "push" from the bottom.