Looking for an engineer to build prototype

[keihatsu]

I have an idea I'd like to try and am looking for an engineer.  Please see attached diagram for what I'd like to build.

[spinn_MP]

Why do you need an engineer to build this concept of yours?
It's very simple, just try to build it...

Or, check the physics around capillary action again. It may save you some time.

[keihatsu]

Or, check the physics around capillary action again. It may save you some time.

Is there potential energy stored in water's capillary rise?

[keihatsu]

Maybe this diagram might be more descriptive:

[broli]

I agree, even a child can do this. You can also replace the tube by a material that can absorb water, like rope or paper.

But this is an idea that most starting in this field have thought of. The problem is always when you want to get the water out. Try to think unconventionally. What if you could switch the tube's adhesion to the water on and off. Then you can let it go up, switch the adhesiveness off.

One way you can do this is by trying to electrically charge the glass and see what happens to height of capillary action.