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		Wind Systems for Pumping Water: A Training Manual (Peace Corps, 1984, 93 p.)
			(introduction...)
			Acknowledgments
			Introduction to training
			Training guidelines
			Objectives for wind system construction training
			Session 1 Introduction and objectives
			Session 2 History of wind systems
			Session 3 Large projects and community analysis
			Session 4 Shop safety and tool care
			Session 5 Representative drawings for construction
			Session 6 Shafts and bearings
			Session 7 Strengths and testing
			Session 8 Joinery
			Session 9 Pumps and pump design
			Session 10 Siting considerations
			Session 11 Sizing wind water pumping systems
			Session 12 Design considerations for pumps and windmills
			Session 13 How to design
			Session 14 Presentation of designs
			Session 15 Construction of wind measuring poles
			Session 16 Exportation for wind sites
			Session 17 Tower raising
			Session 18 Plumbing the wind system
			Session 19 Testing installed wind system
			Session 20 Presentation of projects
			Session 21 Maintenance - preventive and routine
			Bibliography
			Construction materials list
			Tool list for 24 participants
			Technical vocabulary
			Report on the wind-powered in-service training
			Recommendations

Session 19 Testing installed wind system

TOTAL TIME: 2 Hours

OBJECTIVES: To set up test conditions to allow testing of what has been built.

To gather DATA on the performance of the system which has been built.

MATERIALS: Two 5-gallon drums (kerosene cans), watch, and anemometer Water supply (pond, well, river, tank or 55-gallon oil drum)

PROCEDURES:

Step 1: 15 minutes

Assemble the test apparatus, which consists of a hose or pipe that can reach from the outlet of the pump system to a container of known volume. Then monitor the amount of water pumped in a given amount of time by a certain wind speed.

Step 2: 1 hour

When the test apparatus is set up, allow the pump to fill the container at a specified time. Record the amount pumped in a minute and the windspeed every 10 seconds during that minute. If possible, change stroke length and repeat the test to optimize pumping rate.

Trainer Note

For the data collection, accurate recording of windspeed, height pumped, amount pumped, and time pumped are required. In addition, the exact capacity of the cans used must be known. Make a number of runs at various speeds. Then make a graph of windspeed versus foot-gallons per minute (or meter-liters per minute).

Step 3: 45 minutes

Calculate and graph or chart results.