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Analytical and Experimental Comparison of a Positive Displacement Water Pump Using an Infinitely Variable Transmission

Mullen, John A.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4734-1374
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492125053378972

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2017, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Mechanical Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
Moving water quickly and efficiently has always been crucial to human development, especially in agriculture. However, this challenge still often goes unmet, especially in the developing world where access to infrastructure and mechanized pumping equipment is limited. In such locations human power is the most readily available source of power. The Beale Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), modeled and experimentally examined by Cyders (2012), has potential to address this challenge. This thesis will adapt the work done by Cyders to a slider-crank simulation paired with a positive displacement pump. Predictions of system flowrate response at varying combinations of pressure and input shaft speed will be made using this model, and will then be compared against experimental results taken from a physical prototype of the system. Comparisons between these data sets will form the final result of this project, and will inform recommendations for any future work.
Timothy Cyders, Dr. (Advisor)
Robert WIlliams, Dr. (Committee Member)
David Bayless, Dr. (Committee Member)
Ryan Fogt, Dr. (Committee Member)
102 p.
Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
human power; water; pump; pumping; agriculture; irrigation; well; developing country; flowrate; pressure; continuously variable transmission; infinitely variable transmission; CVT; IVT; Beale; simulation; experimental; validation; comparison

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  • Mullen, J. A. (2017). Analytical and Experimental Comparison of a Positive Displacement Water Pump Using an Infinitely Variable Transmission [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492125053378972

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Mullen, John. Analytical and Experimental Comparison of a Positive Displacement Water Pump Using an Infinitely Variable Transmission. 2017. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492125053378972.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Mullen, John. "Analytical and Experimental Comparison of a Positive Displacement Water Pump Using an Infinitely Variable Transmission." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1492125053378972

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