Papercreters: Re: [papercreters] Re: Impeller pump mixer?

Friday, August 5, 2011

Re: [papercreters] Re: Impeller pump mixer?

Have you thouht of shredder pumps or garbage disposal pumps as the intake?
Both used in waste and sewage handling.

> what do you think of a 4" trash pump recirculating mix with the paper
> coming in from a industrial tree / brush shredder first?
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> I have often wondered how paper and phonebooks would go through a tree /
> leaf shredder, the kind towed behind a truck, then to use that as the
> starting basis for papercrete?
>
> George
> http://outpostalpha.com
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> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Wayne" <huon@...> wrote:
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>> Hi George,
>>
>> I ran my own waste pumping business for over 12 years so I understand
>> where you are coming from. The only drawback I see with you concept is
>> that pumps can never suck with as much pressure as they can blow. The
>> effect you get from this is that the paper may nbuild up over the inlet
>> and block it. It is amazing how strong the paper will build up, causing
>> the pump to cavitate (suck vaccumm). This will in turn cause the paump
>> to
>> run dry and risk burning out the bearings (depending on your pump of
>> course).
>>
>> To aviud this the outlet should be under pressure and aimed directly at
>> the inlet, but I still see problems at this point. The idea has great
>> merit if you can avoid the inlet from clogging though as pumps break
>> paper
>> up quite well.
>>
>> Just on a side not and not sure if you are aware of them or not but a
>> clamshell intake will make you pump much more efficient at sucking the
>> last of the mud out of the pools without having to be held down.
>>
>> Wayne
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>>
>> > I don't think we have discussed this idea here in the open.
>> >
>> > I have a 4" full trash rated pump that supposedly will pump water with
>> up
>> > to 1.5" rock in it. I use this pump for my pool pumping business I
>> pump
>> > out nasty pools.( http://fresnopool.com ) No im not trying to sell you
>> a
>> > pool pump, just to show you some of the pictures that it does pump all
>> > kinds of crap.
>> >
>> > Anyhow What if you started with a say 1000 gallon water tank 1/2 or
>> > whatever filled with water and put the pump intake at the bottom of
>> the
>> > tank and the discharge at the top (the pump pumps 500 gallons per
>> minute)
>> >
>> > Then add paper raw at the top, let it get sucked down into the
>> whirlpool
>> > vortex and into the pump which would pulp it?
>> >
>> > I wonder if you could continue adding paper until you get the desired
>> mix
>> > your looking for?
>> >
>> > Ideas?
>> >
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