Overview of the Pump

The water pump begins its operation by setting the pump on the water and allowing it to
submerge partially. Make sure that the blades are not touching the river bed so that it can rotate
properly and make sure that the water has sufficient current so that the pump can rotate properly.
A part of the river has a high current is the best part to set your pump to make sure that the pump
will not run away with the water. Tie the swivel which is connected to the outlet with a rope and
tie again the other side to a rock or tree which all these are set. Wait for a few rotations. The
pump will begin to pump out water.
Fabrication of the Pump
The fabrication of the pump is started by designing a cad model which will be the whole basis in
fabrication. A pattern was cut and transferred to the alumina sheet in order to get the duct size
and shape. The aluminium sheet was cut drilled and riveted to take the shape of the body which
is cylindrical. A pattern was cut again for the fabrication of the blade and transferred to the
aluminium sheet. The aluminium sheet was cut and welded to a 3m diameter tube pipe and
connect it to the body by the use of rivet. Epoxy was used to seal the seams. A 10 in Styrofoam
ball was attached inside the body on the front end. Flexible PVC tubing was coiled inside the
body and secured with epoxy. The end of the coil passes through the floater and outside the
body. Swivel coupling is fixed near the propeller to join the coiled hose to the back PVC delivery
hose. For the back plate chicken wire was cut and was secured to open end of the pump with
rivets.
Pump Design

The design of the pump consisted of a helically-wound 2 hose parallel to each other wrapped
around on the inside surface of a cone as shown in Fig. 2.2. The cone was fabricated from
aluminum sheets. The coil was connected to an output tube through a water lubricated swivel
coupling at the extreme upstream side of the pump and was open at the downstream end. The
downstream end of the cone has a back plate to let the water in and keep debris out. The top
portion was for air intake while the submerged bottom was for water intake.

Pump Design
Casing- This was made from aluminium sheets. It holds and protects the coil
hose and floater in place.

Coil Hose- Half inch flexible PVC tubing was used. It collects water from the
submerged part and air from the exposed side. The alternating intake of the
water and air pumps the water.

Floater- A hemisphere shape was cut from a 10 in. diameter styro ball. It keeps
the nose and propeller afloat. It also maintains the 0.5 submersion ratio.

Propeller- Fabricated from aluminium bar and attached with aluminium sheets.
It converts the river flow to rotary motion.

Swivel Coupling- Connection of stationary delivery hose to the rotating pump.

Delivery Hose- Half inch black PVC hose was used. It transports the water to
the different elevations where it is needed.