Harrison Gill's Individual Contribution Page

Worked to produce designs for a Ram Pump testing apparatus. Designs include wasted water collection and return as well as pumped water collection, measurement, and return.
Helped design an orifice flow meter that is easy to integrate into a 1" schedule 40 piping system and is monitored by process controller. The design process included matlab simulations of the meter to decide the optimal orifice size based on expected flow rates.
Helped to design a check valve that has an adjustable closing point based on the velocity of water flowing past it and adjustable stroke length.
Helped to build testing set up including 80/20 framing for pump mount, pipe supports, plumbing, and pump body.
investigated the merits of commercial and custom made wasting valves and concluded that custom made valves are more effective at pumping water.
tested various drive pipe lengths and configurations to probe the inner workings of ram pumps
attempted to design and build a electronic valve sensor to determine when the wasting valve was open or closed.

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