Air pumps are one of the first 'modern' technologies we invented. Bless these guys for reminding us. There are now a number of technologies, air pumps are now site specific for best application. I have seen small airpumps lift water 5m and send it 300 metres on a small 110/240 v compressor... run on solar. It is nice for these men to put something like this on youtube. Cheers and danke u wel... Floot..

@Saydah-lk9cs

Жыл бұрын

Can explain how does pitbull pump works ? I mean what is the secret in this pump.

I love this video. Thanks guys. Great job. And thank you for doing this in English!

This perfect for keeping ponds clear and aerated. I'd like to buy a solar powered with battery storage.

Brumby pumps use air in a slightly modified design, to push water over 100-ft (32m) in head. Is bore size or air pressure more limiting?

1. Oxidation (esp. for fish tanks), 2. Cooling/heating water with natural outdoor air temp, 3. Decorations, 4. Putting some balls (or anything!) filled with tonic water, or fluorescent materials, and illuminating them with black light(UV) , which is pretty much enjoying to watch, which no one will probably deny. :)

I would like to ask a couple of nuts and bolts questions on design. At the 4:40 point, you mention the there should be approximately 3-4 lines of holes and .5 - 1.0 for the airholes size. I noticed that the holes were drilled on an angle to help the lift, Is this correct? Would the holes be larger or smaller to move more water efficiently on the 110 mil (4") pipe and would you decrease the size of the holes if you decrease the size of the pipe to say 2'' or 3'' instead of the 4'' (110) Thank You for your response. Very informative!

Also, instead of drilling holes, and also a rough filter (at the base), you can use perforated PVC sheet. Just warm it (or cold bend) and place around the pipe. Glue it flat to the bottom of the tube (for a filter), and around the tube for bubble generation. For bubbles, just make large slots in the tube first.

Do the two small outlets at the top have black caps on them or are they wide open?

Great video. Ty for posting

I have a question. With regards to the display system behind them, which has the bright yellow/ green poster and below it is 20 watt = 15000 ltr....What would happen if the left chamber was pressurised? would the air lift pump be able to pump into the pressurised tank? or would the pressure be too great for the air being pumped to overcome and deliver water into the pressurised tank?

While testing for improvements on my air lift bubbler on my 19' deep shallow well I discovered that I just need the right amount of air (no less, no more) to get the most GPM of water and keep de drop-- riser pipe end were the bubbler is installed as close to the bottom of the well, in my case 10" to 18", I assume this because liquids on the bottom always put pressure up.

The website only assumes a pond application. What if you wanted a different purpose and pump above head water level? How much flow loss per meter with that 4" model?

If your pond, mechanic filter and bio filter system are in the same level underground, this airlift pump will reduce your electric bill substantially since you only need some means to circulate the water. If your filter system was setup above the ground, then this airlift pump won't work well. To lift the water up high, the air pump needs to inject quickly one large air bubble into the pipe to cover the whole surface area of the pipe to push a section of water column up one at a time like a capsule. To do so, the pipe should be smaller than the one demo in this video clip. With this technique, they can go up to 100-200ft because the air always goes up while the water pump cannot lift the whole weight of water inside the pipe up. For the airlift, they just need to calculate the ratio of air capsule, section of water height, and frequency of injection. The funny thing is you will see it pop rather than a continuous flow of water on top.

@user-lk1ky1hx5r

Күн бұрын

Wrong info, larger air bubbles are not prefered

thank you ,excellent work .

The principle is clearly illustrated here, thanks.

@infoaquatechnobel1802

7 жыл бұрын

thanks to you for watching

@denisdb725

3 жыл бұрын

@@infoaquatechnobel1802 Het is dus "dank zij de vraag van guitaryouns" dat het principe duidelijk is voorgesteld?

How could you use a sieve for mechanical filter on a air lift pond?

Hi I really love this airlift.... My only problem is where can I buy 5 inches pvc coupler and 4 x5 pvc reducer. Im from Philippines we only have a 4 inch pvc pipe here that why my airlift pipe is 3 inches only. Can you please help where to buy a 5 inches coupler and 4 x 5 reducer? Thank you so much....

Can you add a protein skimmer above?

Can it will on a curve pipe instead of straight pipe .. and what is the calculation of power of compressor to flow of water at specify head .

2:30 170 - 175 what? cm? Like 5.75' of air lift required underneath the water's surface?

Thank you. I wonder the pressure you have in the air line for the setup here in the video?

@aquatechnobel

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe VanGorp I dont remember ?

@denisdb725

3 жыл бұрын

@@aquatechnobel Reactie you don't remember? Don't to tell us, is more likely I guess.

I love Dutch, his English is very good, but I can recognize the Dutch action, hehehe, thank you for your application

@denisdb725

3 жыл бұрын

Action? Accent I think here is the word.

I would gladly pay you to counsel me. I have a narrow well , only 2 inches wide. The water depth is 85 ft. Can you help me design air lift?

I also have a Secoh SLL-20, what is the ideal air intake depth? Is also a DIN 125 pipe for more capacity better?

@aquatechnobel

4 жыл бұрын

with SLL-20 use 1.5m depth with a 110pipe

So how do we buy one and how much is it

Boa noite, eu nome e Pedro sou do Brasil, qual o custo deste compressor.

im just wondering if this can be incorporated to become a koi filter airlift.. where as the air lifts the water up into another pipe which then falls via gravity into the bottom of a filter barrel.. the water then rises through a static K1 barrel etc. which then flows into a second fluid k1 barrel and then returns into the pond....... or am wrong.....

@aquatechnobel

7 жыл бұрын

NO way, the air lift can only lift the water 10cm !! else you lost a lot of flow

The circulating balls we see, are they golf balls? I know golf balls are about 50 grams heavy. Would it be possible to lift up gravel up to this weight?

@aquatechnobel

8 жыл бұрын

+Unna1969 no simple plastic balls

Hello please could you tell me the bore of the tube around the pressure chamber both the external and internal. I want to try this as a pumping method out of an eazypod which has a 72mm outlet so I wanted the internal airlift part for ease to me 72mm and external collection tube say 110mm ? How deep below the water surface would it need to be ? Many thanks in advance.

@aquatechnobel

9 жыл бұрын

How deep below the water surface would it need to be ? 1.7m or 67 inch Normally for a good working you need to have a airlift in 110 mm diameter it is not ease to explain , but I am making a new video on the airlift to explain all the steps to build a airlift, it comes normally next week on line or later maybe ? and in my bad English !

@TheTycondaroga

9 жыл бұрын

Aquatechnobel Many thanks I look forward to seeing it.

Hi guys, what is the rating of the air pump ? a few models would help, I can't find any. thanks.

@denisdb725

3 жыл бұрын

No answer on that, sorry.

Good explanation Gunter

@aquatechnobel

8 жыл бұрын

+kevin khan Thanks

i have a ~5mm airline sticking about an inch and a half into a few pen shells . its submerged in a jar and squirts water up to a pot filled with perlite. I like this design, and may try to scale it down to a "home garden" size.

I would love to see if you could run a water wheel with a permanent magnet generator and power it's self and maybe charge a battery too. Also see if a well pump based on your airlift. I love the airlift pump idea! thanks and keep up the good work!

@bugs181

9 жыл бұрын

Over unity does not exist. Try it yourself, it will fail. I used to think the same way you did until 100's of failed experiments. There is no way to have a self-running system. You could however invest into alternative energies like wind, solar, etc.

@U812GREEN

9 жыл бұрын

I understand there always need to be power to start.

@jameslangstonevans

9 жыл бұрын

U812GREEN no, not just to start, but also to overcome the friction of the water rubbing on the sides of the pipes, the power lost to mechanical inefficiencies of the pump, and the power lost to running the generator. I once had a plan for a car that ran on an additional wheel that had a chain drive to the other wheel. the speed of the ground moving in comparison to the car would move the other wheels. hurr

@bugs181

9 жыл бұрын

James Evans Hey, I had a similar project! It seems silly now but at the time it made sense. lol. That said, I've mostly been focusing my efforts on alternative energy storage mechanisms. Like compressed air, hydrogen, etc. The efficiencies don't really bother me. My goal is to create an extremely low cost storage mechanism. Batteries just aren't there yet. Most people on YT just don't seem to comprehend that. Take oxyhydrogen storage for example. Oxyhydrogen via electrolysis uses 140% more energy to generate than you get back, then you have another loss converting the hydrogen into electricity via a hydrogen full cell (something like the Bloombox). The loss in the second half is only around 2 to 3%. Overall ineffiiciencies are somewhere around 143%. That's still about 57% usable of a double-upped solar panel or wind turbine, with potentially unlimited storage in something like a huge propane tank of some kind. Solar panels can be had for less than $1 a watt. Some sources even down to 35 cents a watt. Whereas most lithium batteries are still +$1.50 a watt. To me, doubling up the solar panels hands down beats the cost of conventional batteries. Thoughts?

@jameslangstonevans

9 жыл бұрын

how are you comparing solar @ 35 cents a watt to batteries at 1.50 a watt. are you referring to the kwh storage capacity of a battery? you can't use your solar without some kind of storage mechanism. Look into the costs of hydrogen storage. those tanks have to be safe, and therefore they aren't cheap. the cost will be much closer to batteries than you think. Also, it will be much larger, and nobody is putting 5 cubic meter tank in their car. Also, the fuel cell is expensive as well. Compressed air has suprisingly proven usable for the stop and go energy storage to create hybrid systems for UPS type delivery trucks.

what kind of air pump is that? how many litres of air per hour? and voltage?

@denisdb725

3 жыл бұрын

Secret, not to be told to nobody.

You know, that pump looks like it's more than 20 watts. Also, I'd have to see a flow meter proving this flow rate.

Geweldig, hoe hoog kan je het water maximaal opliften? Veel, heel veel dank voor de uitleg. We zijn erg benieuwd naar je nieuw te maken video. Groet.

@aquatechnobel

9 жыл бұрын

Cornelis J Baay max opliften is ongeveer 15cm

@ingehasjim4003

9 жыл бұрын

you made it too Boy?

@aquatechnobel

8 жыл бұрын

+Inge Hasjim yes I have 6 airlift for my pond of 180.000 L

What is the specs and model of the air pump

@denisdb725

3 жыл бұрын

5 jaar wachten op een antwoord is lang he. Zelfs als je je aanmeld op hun forum krijg je geen deftig antwoord op deze vraag.

I would like to use this system but I don't know how to integrate a UV filter in it.

@aquatechnobel

4 жыл бұрын

you need a immerged UV to do it

@Shalmaneser1

4 жыл бұрын

I would put your UV inline ahead first in line ahead of everything else.

What pipe diameter do you recommend for a 90L/min, max pressure .04 mpa, pipe depth 130-150cm Very nice demonstration, thank you for doing it in English

@aquatechnobel

3 жыл бұрын

I think 1" is good for your specification

@shaker4891

3 жыл бұрын

@@aquatechnobel hello and thanks for the reply.. I think you misunderstood me.. the air pump specifications is 90L/min 65 watt... I think it can easily handle 4” or maybe more.. what do you think ?

@aquatechnobel

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaker4891 yes the miminal requier to have 15000L/H is a air pump of 20l/min to have a consumtion of 9w

So basically you're using an air compressor to pump water? Is that what you plugged in at the end?

Your price air pump

Pretty awesome. What about lift height?

@aquatechnobel

10 жыл бұрын

20 cm maximum else you louse to match flow

@manden22

10 жыл бұрын

Hmm. wasnt much.Have you thought about adding a smaller pipe at the end? Wouldn't it increase pressure?

@manden22

10 жыл бұрын

i mean a cone shaped pipe.

@aquatechnobel

10 жыл бұрын

Dennis Henriksen in this case it is a strait line pipe

@manden22

10 жыл бұрын

Aquatechnobel Okay, i tried this, didnt get anything but bubbles, my airpump is on 11 watt and 540 liters pr hour. Maybe not powerful enough.

In the pond, it is possible to use one-way valve so that if there's no supply of air, the water will not return to the filter?

@aquatechnobel

9 жыл бұрын

Patrick Sarmiento no way

@patricksarmiento7404

9 жыл бұрын

Aquatechnobel thanks, I might lift it about 1" above the water level so that when power goes off, the water from the output will not backflow. I saw some test that it could take water at 3" with ease.

@aquatechnobel

9 жыл бұрын

but in this case you lost a lot of flow

I like the accent so mutch. I like all accents as some Flemish and Dutch people do foreign laguages. mMost as Dutch People do French. Dan breekt mijn klomp helemaal.

@aquatechnobel

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

Please advice me. if I increase air pressure to 60 watt how about is flow rate. Thank you.

@aquatechnobel

7 жыл бұрын

the flow increase also over 20.000L/h

@pongwanatpongwanut6474

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@pongwanatpongwanut6474

7 жыл бұрын

Dear Sir,Please kindly advice me about your air pump spec. 20 watts and How many lite your air pump can produce air per minute?Thank you very much.

ITS POSSIBLE THAT IT WORKS FOR ANAEROBIC SISTEM IN ORDER TO MOVE WASTE? UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NO NEED OXIGEN?

@aquatechnobel

3 жыл бұрын

not yet

Hello, I'm from Brazil and here in my country people do not know this technique, I do not know English so I'm using translator, please be able to inform me how many meters below the water slide you make the holes and how many liters per minute compressor produces, the holes you made with 0.01mm drill or are thinner holes and how many holes you ended up doing. thank you

@aquatechnobel

6 жыл бұрын

1.7 m depht, the holes are 0,1mm and something of 100 holes you can start with a 20L/minute air pump to 60L/minute

@macaelpiccinini9543

6 жыл бұрын

compressor that you are using is 20 liters of a minute or more liters, to increase flow more than 15m3 I can make bigger holes and put more compressor flow or do not get a higher flow of water. thank you

@aquatechnobel

6 жыл бұрын

yes 20 liters but you can use more to have more flow, do not change on the size of the holes

@macaelpiccinini9543

6 жыл бұрын

OK, AND QUANTITY OF HOLES CAN CHANGE OR NOT, INFORMATION CAN SEND AIR DOWN BELOW IN 1 METER DEPTH, WILL HAVE GOOD PERFORMANCE IN MOVING WATER. THANK YOU

I use a similar system in a bioreactor I designed.

@cmogolkanli

7 жыл бұрын

MrTimjwilson I love DIY 👍🏻

@doku0074

3 жыл бұрын

Id love to see that is there anywhere I can find it ?

@sergiocortez7600

2 жыл бұрын

A great application of airlift is to recirculate sludge from clarifier to aeration tank. Using the same blower that supplies air to the diffusers. Great energy savings and highly efficient.

can u use this airlift to filter water in a swimming pool?

@infoaquatechnobel1802

7 жыл бұрын

depend of the type of the filtering system, but it is possible in some case

@boohilux

7 жыл бұрын

thank u for the reply building a house that will be off the grid solar and batteries want to put in a 12000 ltr above ground pool thinking of running 2 airlift pumps one for a bionizer one for a filter thinking off running 2 20wair pumps

@aquatechnobel

7 жыл бұрын

with a airlift it is no way to pump above de pond level you need to work in gravity system !

@boohilux

7 жыл бұрын

was going to put the inlet side of the airlift 1000mm below the water surface then thru a cartage fitter then thru the airlift and out let 100mm below water surface will that work?

I am sure this system works but this demo only seems to show air circulating from the bottom up. It would be much more effective if you could show the volume of water that can be pumped out. I would like to see how fast you can fill a bucket.

@jameslangstonevans

9 жыл бұрын

StealthyGo yeah, I didn't believe the balls meant much, except that they are sucked back down to the bottom of the airlift

Mr. Jon, at 3:20 you say "the adjustment depends on how much air you want to release into the system". I understand what you are trying to say, but it doesn't address what the customer concern is. It is the flow rate of water, (in which ever measure system they use), which the customer wants. This is a principle used in home aquariums. Your next improvement might be a power source. Solar? I sincerely wish you the very best of luck.

@hibox1981

9 жыл бұрын

I think he means the flow will depend on the air contributed in water

@Cockroach2008

9 жыл бұрын

hibox1981 Probably so! The principal is the same for an aquarium filter pump. Air is introduced at the bottom of the riser & the buoyancy of the air has a lifting effect on the water trapped within the confines of the tube which encapsulates it. I don't find it that revolutionary, just a large scale of a known proven principal. But it is energy efficient for the lifting water a few inches. However, for lifting greater elevations, the efficiency quickly drops off.

Sir where can i purchase the air pump of 25000L/H with less wattage so i can less my consumption, hoping for positive response from your goodside.

@aquatechnobel

Жыл бұрын

you can by it on MANU KOI in France

may i know type of air pump?

@denisdb725

3 жыл бұрын

NO.

Great video. Can you please share the step by step process to build one?

@aquatechnobel

5 жыл бұрын

you find there kzread.info/dash/bejne/eIB_tpWOopCxg7A.html

Good video

Does it work with a 35 liter pump per minute?

@aquatechnobel

7 жыл бұрын

yes no problem

@hopefish_ok

7 жыл бұрын

Aquatechnobel depth of which takes the water is important? you can raise the output of the water level pond?

@aquatechnobel

7 жыл бұрын

no raising, only possible with a gravity pond system

@aquatechnobel

7 жыл бұрын

and the depth is very important

@hopefish_ok

7 жыл бұрын

Aquatechnobel What is the minimum depth?

Nice 👍

Only 2 ft depth on pond unfortunately

@James-gx9mr

20 күн бұрын

Look up David pagen butler

If you have the water fall from 500 feet you would only need a 1 watt pump.

This type of airlift is old school. We were using these over 25 years ago in the fish farms we built for the barramundi industry in Australia. Lifting water up to 30 feet by airlift...now that's impressive. www.1aquaponics.com.au

@aquatechnobel

7 жыл бұрын

yes, a good system and power less consumption

@siggyincr7447

9 ай бұрын

When you say lifting water 30ft, do you mean you had 30ft of head pressure? Because it seems like these can move a lot of water but with very low pressure. I would have curious to see just how high this pump could get the water above the intake side before flow gets dramatically reduced.

In my area water level is 80 feet under the ground level how i made air lift pump

This is not air lifting. Its airating. The water level is the same as the outlet

Ik heb geen bodem drain

They are not liftng almost at all. Just cirulating at water level.

@shyamhingankar7442

21 күн бұрын

Do you mean to say that air lift can't push water above water level

@timothyjones9430

10 күн бұрын

@@shyamhingankar7442 no…. But in this video it isn’t lifting very high.

Is anyone still working on the project of air lifting water from a well? I have been working on this project here in Portugal using a 12 volt air pump, 70 litres per minute, 10psi or less, I hope I can make it work! Hoping to make it run on solar power in the future. Depth of the borehole is 150 foot plus. Any suggestions please. I have watched many videos and many suggestions so far.

@jameslangstonevans

9 жыл бұрын

sheila gomes have you seen the geyser airlift?

@loretocamo3758

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sheila, how did your project work?

Its lifting the water

@aquatechnobel

8 жыл бұрын

+yogesh tomar yes

Where are the "koi pond examples that use the airlift pump?"

@aquatechnobel

8 жыл бұрын

+auralfire31 follow this link atbtv.eu/piwigo/index.php?/category/19 enjoy

But this uses power, Ill stick with a Ram jet.

Ik vind het zonde dat 2 mensen hun stinkende best moeten doen om engels te praten... Doe het dan gewoon in het nederlands toch? Door het geforceerde engels snap ik er bijna niks van :( We mogen wat meer trots zijn op ons Nederlands ;-)

@aquatechnobel

6 жыл бұрын

het bestaat ook en Nederlandse versie van deze video, en ja, je mag trots zijn 😀

@DiscuskwekerijBeSunshineValley

6 жыл бұрын

Ow, echt? graag de nederlandstalige link aub? :-) Ik had na een minuut al genoeg van geluid (taal) alleen al, dus ga met plezier kijken naar de nederlandstalige versie!

@aquatechnobel

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mq6GyZaeZ7Sqd6Q.html

Now send it down 300 feet and a 2 foot diameter pipe. Send 1 or 2 bubbles up the pipe and see if it will turn a hydraulic pump that runs the compressor and generator.

that is not a water pump that is a water circulator

this is can not be a pump, water cant go above the water level, what is it used for??

@jameslangstonevans

9 жыл бұрын

alfahdms watch the balls very closely. the demo has a closed system, but if this was placed into a large reservoir, the water could soon be out of the reservoir. if there was an outlet on the side rather than the return pipe, it would squirt out the side and the demo here would quickly be mostly empty (except that the pump needs the water pressure to work) The idea is that it feeds into a hydroponic growing medium a few feet higher, goes through the medium, and then back down the reservoir where it is lifted again.

@PrestonTalbott

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Ymd5z69-j7KoXdY.html

This stuff only circulating water, water will not be lifted beyond from the height of the water level. Please note the height of the water surface of the two tube, you can see the water flowing just below the upper water surface.

@AlexMercer77

9 жыл бұрын

1. Oxidation (esp. for fish tanks), 2. Cooling/heating water with natural outdoor air temp, 3. Decorations, 4. Putting some balls (or anything!) filled with tonic water, or fluorescent materials, and illuminating them with black light(UV) , which is pretty much enjoying to watch, which no one will probably deny. :)

@entropy4480

9 жыл бұрын

It will easily lift it another 2 - 3 feet of head hight, but there will be losses in the flow rate. (Please note that the outlet has been specifically placed at air exit level, and is not in a pond or lake. This is a closed loop sump situation).

@sanjeeva311076

9 жыл бұрын

Entr Opy apparently a fish tank air pump can lift water the height of a house

Stop the closed loop with the water. Test shows you wasted your money.

This is not actually LIFTING the water at all.

@thegardenfarmer

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Heal thats what I was thinking. But in this video, they are merely using the airlift as a water circulation and aeration device.

@aquatechnobel

8 жыл бұрын

+Jarred Sawczyszyn yes you kan do nothing else with a airlift !

@PrestonTalbott

6 жыл бұрын

Wrong. You can put a pipe with air in it and the water in the pipe due to the air will lift the water above the pipe, which is often seen in under gravel filters in aquariums. Watch this if you don't believe and stop spreading misinformation. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Ymd5z69-j7KoXdY.html

@jasrobsny

5 жыл бұрын

They keep the outlet below head to maximize flow, but it's possible to pump above head with an airlift. Glenn Martinez is known for designs that pump very high.

Boxing pinoy

Sooo.... This is not a water lifter, but a water circulation device that oxygenates water? I have on of those on my desk, in my aquarium. No disrespect. I'm just not getting what's new.

While pneumatic water pumps are possible, this video is a scam. When the water level is above that of the pumping height you aren't pumping at all.

@aquatechnobel

6 жыл бұрын

LOL that is the reason why it fonction on my pond !

A professional product requires a professional spokesperson. This guy may be very intelligent, (a speaker he is not). Next time hire a professional spokesperson.

@jameslangstonevans

9 жыл бұрын

Bing Pong because English isn't his first language? anybody who can put this together knows what is going on and can understand by context

He don't know how to explain