30-10-2014, 09:25 AM
Abstracts: The socio-economic conditions of peoples living in villages of developing countries including India, human muscle power can be good alternative to fulfill the energy requirements for performing many activities like water pumping. Pedaling is the most efficient way of utilizing power from human muscles. Keeping these things in mind a pedal operated water pump can be is developed. Though human capacity is 0.1hp continuous duty, the processes needing power even upto 6.0 hp can be energised by such a machine concept. This is a water pump which is run by rotating the pedal of a cycle.