Can I Connect Tank 1 & Tank 2 to Create a Water Level Difference?

[Domagoj]

I am currently working on something and I would like to know something. When we connect two tanks and we have water flowing into Tank 1.
Is it possible to make a connection between Tank 1 and Tank 2 so the water level in Tank 2 is higher than water level in Tank 1?

 

[berkeman]

I am currently working on something and I would like to know something. When we connect two tanks and we have water flowing into Tank 1.
Is it possible to make a connection between Tank 1 and Tank 2 so the water level in Tank 2 is higher than water level in Tank 1?

Welcome to the PF.

As long as the connection includes a pump...

 

[Domagoj]

Yeah i didnt think there is any other solution except that... Are there some kind of pumps that don't use electricity (or any other imputs), something that works soley on mechanics, and are those pumps efficient in comparison with electrical pumps?

 

[berkeman]

Yeah i didnt think there is any other solution except that... Are there some kind of pumps that don't use electricity (or any other imputs), something that works soley on mechanics, and are those pumps efficient in comparison with electrical pumps?

What's the application?

 

[CWatters]

Yeah i didnt think there is any other solution except that... Are there some kind of pumps that don't use electricity (or any other imputs), something that works soley on mechanics, and are those pumps efficient in comparison with electrical pumps?

What do you mean by "or any other inputs"?

There are hand cranked pumps. Are they allowed?

 

[Domagoj]

there is no application...I just want to find out how things work

 

[berkeman]

This pump doesn't use any electricity...

http://shop.australiangeographic.co.../BEBN-duncan-the-drinking-bird-outbox-web.jpg

 

[Domagoj]

I have another question that bothers me... If we have 2 tanks, Tank 1 is lower and Tank 2 is higher and they are connected. If water is flowing in Tank1, will Tank 2 also be filled and if so, are the water heights in both Tanks equal?

 

[berkeman]

I have another question that bothers me... If we have 2 tanks, Tank 1 is lower and Tank 2 is higher and they are connected. If water is flowing in Tank1, will Tank 2 also be filled and if so, are the water heights in both Tanks equal?

If the water heights are not equal and the tanks are connected, there will be a water pressure difference that will drive water from the higher pressure (higher height) to the lower pressure, until the two heights are equal.

 

[Domagoj]

I understand thank you...One more... If we use Venturi pipe to connect two tanks, let's say that smaller end goes in Tank 1, and bigger end goes in Tank 2. Let's say that bigger end is twice the size of smaller end of the pipe. Does that affect water levels in Tanks.

 

[berkeman]

I understand thank you...One more... If we use Venturi pipe to connect two tanks, let's say that smaller end goes in Tank 1, and bigger end goes in Tank 2. Let's say that bigger end is twice the size of smaller end of the pipe. Does that affect water levels in Tanks.

The change in pressure due to the Venturi effect only occurs when the liquid or gas is flowing. So it will affect how quickly the two tank pressures equalize, but won't prevent them from equalizing eventually.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturi_effect

 

[sophiecentaur]

Are there some kind of pumps that don't use electricity (or any other imputs)

Basically, no, not never ever. You cannot do work without an energy source. All the devices that appear to do that are based on some hidden source of energy (a trick) that is not obvious to the audience. If you define a pump as a device that raises the level of a fluid then all pumps need energy.

 

[Domagoj]

Basically, no, not never ever. You cannot do work without an energy source. All the devices that appear to do that are based on some hidden source of energy (a trick) that is not obvious to the audience. If you define a pump as a device that raises the level of a fluid then all pumps need energy.

I was reffering to something like this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_ram

 

[sophiecentaur]

I was reffering to something like this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_ram

Yes - and a hydraulic ram uses the Power of the water flowing through it. You may regard that as 'free' energy but it's still an energy input. The lower of your two tanks would have to have another outlet, allowing water flow downhill, out of it, to power the Ram.