Ruben Ghijsen, Madeline Haas, Kelly Huang, Ariel Seidner
Abstract:
AguaClara creates sustainable water treatment plans that are powered entirely from the force of gravity and hydraulic principles, making them completely electric-free. However since plan outlets are located at much lower elevations than the plant itself, this presents difficulties in transporting treated water back into the plant for filling chemical stock tanks and plumbing. The ram pump is an excellent solution because it utilizes the water hammer effect to pump water to a higher elevation than the source water and does not use electricity. Our ram pump is designed to be augmented in an existing plan in San Nicolas, Honduras, where the 750.0 L stock tanks will need to be filled in 3 hours, corresponding to a flow rate of 70.0 mL/s.
