Mechanisms — off-grid water

Recent Blogs

Prairie Wind Mill diagram
Prairie Wind Mill: Ideal Pump-Displacement Ledger
Prairie Wind Mill explained — how multi-blade water-pumping windmills lift bore water on remote ranches, sizing math, and real Aermotor field examples.
Modern Windmill diagram
Mechanical Windmill Pump: Cylinder Displacement
Explore a mechanical windmill pump and calculate swept volume, theoretical flow, adjusted flow and water power from cylinder geometry and supplied stroke rate.
Well Pulley and Buckets diagram
Well Pulley and Buckets Mechanism Explained: How a Fixed Sheave Lifts Water from Hand-Dug Wells
Explore a fixed well pulley. Compare ideal pull, lifting work and average power using water volume, lift height and duration.