Experiment No .

1
Objective:
To measure the efficiency of Hydraulic Ram Pump.

Apparatus:
Hydraulic ram pump, Measuring flask, stop-watch

Working Principle:
It works on the principle of Hammering Action. The device uses the water hammer effect to
create pressure that uses a portion of the input water that powers the pump to be lifted to a
destination higher than where the water originally started.

Water hammer also called hydraulic shock is a pressure

surge or wave caused when a fluid, usually a liquid but sometimes also a gas, in motion is
forced to stop or change direction suddenly.

Operation of Hydraulic Ram:

Ram pumps have been around for many decades and is famous for two main reasons:

 They need no external source of power -- the force of moving water gives them the
power they need.
 They are extremely simple, with just two moving parts.
The basic idea behind a ram pump is simple. The pump uses the momentum of a large
amount of moving water to pump a relatively small amount of water uphill.

To use a hydraulic ram, you must have a source of water situated above the pump. For
example, you must have a pond on a hillside so that you can locate the pump below the pond.
You run a pipe from the pond to the pump. The pump has a valve that allows water to flow
through this pipe and build up speed.

Once the water reaches its maximum speed, this valve shut down. As it slams shut, the
flowing water develops a great deal of pressure in the pump because of its inertia.The
pressure forces open a second valve.High-pressure water flows through the second valve
to the delivery pipe (which usually has an air chamber to allow the delivery pipe to
capture as much high-pressure water as possible during the impulse).The pressure in the
pump falls. The first valve re-opens to allow water to flow and build up momentum again.
The second valve closes.The cycle repeats.

Procedure:

 First fix the supply head and delivery head at the desired position.(height)
 Sure that there is no leakage.
 Begin the water from supply head.
 Note the both heads.
 Calculate the discharge flow rate (Q).
 Measure (Qw) amount of waste water.ฑ

Observations:

Sr.n Supply Delivery Total Discharg Waste ຖd=Q*hd ຖT=Q*hT/

o head(H) head(hd) head e flow flow rate /(Q+Qw) (Q+Qw)H
m m ht=H+h rate Qw=lit/mi H * 100 * 100
d Q=lit/min
Calculations: (By hand)