Development of a Solar Powered Pump with no moving parts

太阳能泵的设计在朗克罗夫特工程有限公司(LCE)目前拥有的一项专利中有详细介绍，发明家丹尼斯·凯里是该公司的创始人。这种泵的一个新特点是它没有任何活动部件。已经建造了几台原型泵，并在英国的气候条件下成功地进行了演示，取得了令人振奋的结果。该公司正计划启动一项旨在提高泵的效率和能力的开发计划。为了做到这一点，LCE要求哈德斯菲尔德大学帮助开发泵的热力学模型，以便更好地了解泵的基本操作。然后，这些模型将被用作设计模拟工具，以扩大泵的性能，以满足本次比赛的流量和扬程目标。该泵设计和操作简单，为非洲希望改善其土地灌溉的小型农场提供了一种经济高效的解决方案。

The design of a solar powered pump is detailed in a patent currently held by Longcroft Engineering Ltd (LCE), the inventor Dennis Carey being the founder of the company. A novel feature of this pump is that it does not have any moving parts. Several prototype pumps have been built and successfully demonstrated under UK climatic conditions with promising results. The company is planning to embark on a development programme aimed at improving the efficiency and capability of the pump. In order to do this LCE have asked The University of Huddersfield to help in the development of thermodynamic models of the pump so that the fundamental operation of the pump can be better understood. These models will then be used as a design simulation tool to scale up the performance of the pump to meet the flow and lift targets of this competition. With simplicity of design and operation, the pump offers a cost effective solution to small farms in Africa wishing to improve irrigation of their land.