Gravity/weight/float/waterpump

[Cloxxki]

Looks like stroke capacity for the bottom cilinder will need to exceed the top and middle buckets, by the volume in the hose between level height with top of bottom cilinder and outlet of the hose.
When the middle bucket starts its piston power stroke, first the hose will be filled, before the top bucket gets to receive anything.

Should this prove to work, with just some valves to be openen and closed, it will be quite a contest to get the most cycles per time unit for a given capacity. Or the greatest amount of power generated from a standardized amount of water.

In a water pump application, I suppose the middle bucket would be the normal water level inlet. Interesting would be to see how high, and at which rate water could pump itself up this way, like in a water lock situation. I want to make channels from the ocean to the sahara, you see. Get some positive climate change going.

[Cherryman]

I just did a first test:

See if i can get the cylinder back to the top starting position when it is refilled.

I was curious if the floating would overcome the resistance of the watertight seals.
Due to the one way valves in the piston i can push the water downwards, but when refilling it will float automatically upwards while letting the water pass by the valve.


It worked!  So far so good..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQAw9obVfUI


No i have to figure how much weight i need to push the water up high enough and then find a balance with dead weight and the water weight. 

[brian334]

This is daum, more magic water that flows uphill.

[WildBill]

hey cherryman, was wondering how your experiments are proceeding. Sure seems like this one should work 

[RebeLLz]

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