Water Lifting Devices

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Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Scope and purpose of this paper
1.2 The increasing importance of irrigation
1.3 Irrigation and the "Energy Crisis"
1.4 Small-scale irrigation and development
1.5 The choice of water lifting technique

2. WATER LIFTING FOR IRRIGATION

2.1 General principles of water lifting
2.2 Outline of principles of small-scale irrigation

3. REVIEW OF PUMPS AND WATER LIFTING DEVICES

3.1 Principles for moving or lifting water
3.2 Taxonomy of water lifts and pumps
3.3 Reciprocating and cyclic direct lift devices
3.4 Rotary direct lift devices
3.5 Reciprocating displacement pumps
3.6 Rotary positive displacement pumps
3.7 Reciprocating inertia (joggle) pumps
3.8 Rotodynamic pumps
3.9 Air-lift pumps
3.10 Impulse (water hammer) devices
3.11 Gravity devices
3.12 Materials for water lifting devices
3.13 Summary review of water lifting devices

4 POWER FOR PUMPING

4.1 Prime-movers as part of a pumping system
4.2 Human power
4.3 Animal power
4.4 Internal combustion engines
4.5 External combustion engines
4.6 Electrical power
4.7 Wind power
4.8 Solar power
4.9 Hydro power
4.10 Biomass and coal (the non-petroleum fuels)

5. THE CHOICE OF PUMPING SYSTEMS

5.1 Financial and economic considerations
5.2 Practical considerations
5.3 Conclusion

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