Dr. Hari Prasad Neupane
Department: School of Engineering/ Mechanical
Designation: Professor
Topic: “Development of River Water Pump for improving the livelihood of rural community”
Project Description:
- The key challenges of the irrigation development in Nepal are old set-up and poor performances of the existing irrigation systems; under-utilization of canal water; continuation of existing agriculture practices in command area and rain-water dependency.
- In order to address these problems, the present research team was awarded with KOICA-IRDP/Pilot Program for Technology Development Grant Support in 2019 to study about the possibilities of using River Water Pump as a complete mechanical pump for rural areas of Nepal.
- These pumps were successfully tested with the maximum discharge of 11600 lts/day and a maximum head of 11 meters.
- The main aim of this project is to introduce various pumping technologies, which can address the limitations of using the coil pump in high head and high flow applications.
Objectives:
- Conduct a detail hydrological study on types of pump needed for a selected region along with the market analysis.
- Design, fabrication and installation of suitable pumps and required irrigation and drinking water supplies to the communities of the region
- Design, fabrication and installation of Pump as Turbines (PAT) in the region for generating electricity.
Expected Impacts:
Impacts in research capacity – experimental facilities for testing pump in turbine mode, application-based research and spin off companies
Socio-economic impact– improved livelihood of rural community through irrigation
Technology impact– Reproducible and up-scalable technology with minimum effort