A BRIEF STUDY ON PENDULUM BASED PUMP
A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action. Pumps can be classified into three major groups according to the method they use to move the fluid: direct lift, displacement, and gravity pumps. Pendulum is a simple body which moves freely until any damper is present. Hence, if the oscillation is forced, then it is possible to gain continuous movement. Our objective is to create the vibration with application of minimum energy as possible. If we can manage to give the pendulum north and south pole of magnet and arrange another pair of magnet of same polarity as shown in picture below, then we can attain a forced vibration of pendulum with minimum energy as possible. By link mechanism, we can attain linear motion from oscillatory motion and can use that to operate a pump or compressor. So the energy consumption of this system will be lowest. From the above reviews, we took idea of magnetic pendulum, theories associated with balancing the pendulum and mechanism of simple reciprocating. By utilizing the concepts, we proposed to create a zero energy pump. KeywordsReciprocating pump, Basic Pendulum, Magnetic Pendulum and Two Bar Mechanism.