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    Atmospheric Pressure Pump

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    The document describes an experiment using a U-tube filled with mercury to demonstrate how atmospheric pressure can pump water. When one end of a flexible tube connected to the U-tube is pulled out, the pressure drops and causes the mercury level in one side of the U-tube to rise. Atmospheric pressure then forces water into the other container to a height 13.6 times greater than the mercury. The energy input is lifting the tube, which can be minimized using a light tube, while resistance of mercury movement can also be reduced.

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    The document describes an experiment using a U-tube filled with mercury to demonstrate how atmospheric pressure can pump water. When one end of a flexible tube connected to the U-tube is pulled out, the pressure drops and causes the mercury level in one side of the U-tube to rise. Atmospheric pressure then forces water into the other container to a height 13.6 times greater than the mercury. The energy input is lifting the tube, which can be minimized using a light tube, while resistance of mercury movement can also be reduced.

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    An easiest method of pumping water eliminating both opposing force as well as friction.

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    The document describes an experiment using a U-tube filled with mercury to demonstrate how atmospheric pressure can pump water. When one end of a flexible tube connected to the U-tube is pulled out, the pressure drops and causes the mercury level in one side of the U-tube to rise. Atmospheric pressure then forces water into the other container to a height 13.6 times greater than the mercury. The energy input is lifting the tube, which can be minimized using a light tube, while resistance of mercury movement can also be reduced.

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    Atmospheric Pressure Pump

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    Vineet Kiran
    The document describes an experiment using a U-tube filled with mercury to demonstrate how atmospheric pressure can pump water. When one end of a flexible tube connected to the U-tube is pulled out, the pressure drops and causes the mercury level in one side of the U-tube to rise. Atmospheric pressure then forces water into the other container to a height 13.6 times greater than the mercury. The energy input is lifting the tube, which can be minimized using a light tube, while resistance of mercury movement can also be reduced.

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    PUMPING WATER WITH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

    Water V1 V2

    Mercury

    Fig 1.

    Fix a U tube to a container of volume V1. Pass a flexible tube of volume V2 through the U tube and connect the other end of tube V2 to another container as shown above. Now fill U tube with mercury upto some extent. (fig 1)

    When tube V2 is pulled out of U tube, pressure inside the system drops causing mercury to raise in U tube inside V1 to some height depending on pressure drop. Since volume of mercury displaced inside V1 is not enough to cover the volume gained by pulling out V2, atmospheric pressure forces water into the container to a height 13.6 times more than height gained by mercury.

    V2

    Height gained by Water (13.6 times more than mercury)

    V1

    Height Gained by mercury

    Fig 2 In this case the energy input to the system is the energy supplied to lift the weight of tube V2 which can be minimised by using a light but strong tube (available in market) and resistance of mercury for movement of tube which also can be minimised. My questions are : 1) Can atmospheric pressure acting on any portion of V2 push it back into V1 ? 2) What is energy input and out put ? 3) Is work input done against atmospheric pressure?

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