Examples of using Windpump in English and their translations into Spanish
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IMEP also produced a"second generation" windpump known as the IMEP5000.
At this moment there is one limitation in the concept of the AMEC/CESADE rope windpump.
Required labour time to produce one windpump is 15 man-days of 10 hours, thus 150 man-hours.
It is recommended to further support the technical development of the rope windpump in Nicaragua to.
The SEMTA factory for example produces a windpump based on the Dutch 12PU500, but has not been very successful.
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In general, the following criteria were applied for the design of the Nicaraguan rope windpump.
In this hypothetical case, it is seen that the use of a rope windpump is just economically beneficial.
Besides the Fiasa windpump imported from Argentina, there have been several intents in the past to set up a local production.
Some of the advisors involved in this project decided to develop a new low-cost windpump.
It was considered acceptable that a“low-cost” windpump would need more maintenance, if the user could do this.
As an example, Table 11.3 gives a first estimate of the economy of the rope windpump for this application.
In the case of the windpump, one should never forget to examine the available wind resource and how it is related to the demand for water.
The initial investment is low, sometimes 4 to 5 times less than the price of a comparable first or second-generation windpump.
This is less than half of the unit water cost for a classical windpump used in Nicaragua for cattle watering the Chicago Aermotor.
The sales price to farmers is subsidized but is still between US$ 800,- andUS$ 1,200,- for a size comparable to that of the rope windpump.
Most small farmers(five out of eight) state that the windpump is"trustworthy and easy to use" and that they are happy with it.
Informed about the expected sales price, about 10 families took an“option” on the rope handpump and5 farmers showed interest in purchasing the windpump.
Cost Breakdown of a Rope Windpump The Table 7.1 gives a breakdown of the cost of an H-10 rope windpump.
To investigate the acceptance of the technology compared to other low cost windpump types available in the region.
The combination of an electric generator and a windpump would be a novelty in Cuba and find application in areas without access to the grid.
It is certainly worthwhile to further support the dissemination of the rope handpump and rope windpump technology to countries outside Nicaragua.
In general terms,both the rope pump itself as the windpump have drawn the attention from people interested in water supply in the receiving countries.
If asked, they say that this is a"design error", as they compare this machine to a traditional,imported windpump and expect it to behave identically.
AMEC's second windpump type has a head that can rotate over a full circle(360) and has been developed for application in more variable wind regimes.
Basically, it is the flexibility of the rope pump concept that opens the way for the rope windpump-as it also does for the other pumping systems.
Case I: Cattle Owners The economic benefits of a rope windpump are most readily expressed by carrying out a least-costs comparison between the rope windpump and alternative.
Maintenance and repair of the rope pump is easily and quickly done by the user,which is an important asset compared to the traditional windpump equipped with a piston pump.
Case II: Small Farmers The economic use of the rope windpump by the group of small farmers is to generate a higher income from their agricultural activities.
Neither the director, norhis employees have sufficient theoretical knowledge of the design and functioning of a windpump, which will be an obstacle for future product development.
Where conditions are comparable to Nicaragua, transfer of the rope windpump is certainly worthwhile; if conditions are significantly different however, one should be very cautious1.