Design and Manufacturing Process for Low Yield Ground Water Wells using a Piston Pumps - 12cp Jason D'Silva - A12-041 Supervisor: John Dartnall Assessor: David Eager Major: Mechanical Engineering At present, approximately 5,000GL of the total 24,000GL of water used by Australians each year comes from groundwater, with a further 21,000GL of groundwater available for sustainable use (Water Resources in Australia, 2000). Approximately one million Australians in six hundred communities are primarily reliant on groundwater (Guidelines for Groundwater Protection in Australia, 1995). This project presents a piston pump design and a selection of manufacturing processes that can be used as a sustainable way to pump the available ground water sources. It will enhance the everyday lives of the people that rely on groundwater through an easier and cheaper means of accessing such a vital commodity. The aims of this project are as follows: To address the developing niche market of low yield ground water pumps both within Australia and the United • States of America with a economically viable piston pump design. This market primarily comprises of households that live out in rural locales and farmers who are unable to procure their water supply, whether in full or in part, from a main water source. To provide a design for manufacturing (DFM) process that can be easily manufactured. This process can be • adapted later to be injection molded for mass production. The use of mass production methods would mean this pump is even more economically viable. In order to achieve these outcomes a detailed design process and cost analysis were performed. Part of this design process involves using currently available products in order to keep manufacturing cost down. This project adds to the quality of life of many rural communities that are sometimes forgotten about in modern society. It does so via simple and financially viable means given the low socioeconomic level that many of the target market live within.
Design and Manufacturing Process for Low Yield Ground Water Wells using a Piston Pumps - 12cp Jason D'Silva - A12-041 Supervisor: John Dartnall Assessor: David Eager Major: Mechanical Engineering At present, approximately 5,000GL of the total 24,000GL of water used by Australians each year comes from groundwater, with a further 21,000GL of groundwater available for sustainable use (Water Resources in Australia, 2000). Approximately one million Australians in six hundred communities are primarily reliant on groundwater (Guidelines for Groundwater Protection in Australia, 1995). This project presents a piston pump design and a selection of manufacturing processes that can be used as a sustainable way to pump the available ground water sources. It will enhance the everyday lives of the people that rely on groundwater through an easier and cheaper means of accessing such a vital commodity. The aims of this project are as follows: • To address the developing niche market of low yield ground water pumps both within Australia and the United States of America with a economically viable piston pump design. This market primarily comprises of households that live out in rural locales and farmers who are unable to procure their water supply, whether in full or in part, from a main water source. • To provide a design for manufacturing (DFM) process that can be easily manufactured. This process can be adapted later to be injection molded for mass production. The use of mass production methods would mean this pump is even more economically viable. In order to achieve these outcomes a detailed design process and cost analysis were performed. Part of this design process involves using currently available products in order to keep manufacturing cost down. This project adds to the quality of life of many rural communities that are sometimes forgotten about in modern society. It does so via simple and financially viable means given the low socioeconomic level that many of the target market live within.
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