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[den]

Problem:

Take one of these:


And fill it in 5 minutes.

We've talked him down to 10 minutes.

Which is nice.

Comments

[makovette.livejournal.com]

Make sure that you have sufficient air vents topside to allow the displaced air to escape with minimal (preferably 0) back pressure in the tank.

If you can provide vacuum assisted air evacuation, you are effectively adding head pressure to the fill hoses. You could also draw some vacuum in the tank using the engine to suck the tank down on it's back trip to be refilled.

Either method would be great to increase flow on gravity fed water (water tower)sources. A check valve would be required, and a method of opening the top vents once pressure == 0PSI/KPA

This would add some costs and operator complexity however.

If you use my idea, a trip Down Under to christen serial #1 with a case of Sheaf Stout and an OZ patent plaque with my name on it would be appreciated :D

CYa!
Mako

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The fill point is just an open hole the water falls through. The driver parks underneath and hits the remote R/C button to open the valve, and waits for the fill to stop. we can't trust the driver to do anything more complicated than that (ie anything that isn't driving, or button pressing.)

Stout is still on offer.

[makovette.livejournal.com]

Well then, a Bigger Hole is required. Figure a 1M diamater pipe would fill that tank rather quickly :-P

Or increase the number of feed pipes. Not a whole lot of flexibility here I'm afraid...

Mmms, Sheaf is tied for the best stout on the planet IMHO, the other being Anchor Stout (out of San Francisco).

CYa!
Mako