How does a wood or coal powered water pump work?
gary o asked:
These pumps were used in homes in the Eastern U.S. about 100 years ago. How do they work and are they still made and where? I think they were called (blank)- Soningson pumps. Steam was not involved, but had something to do with a heated air chamber, I think?
These pumps were used in homes in the Eastern U.S. about 100 years ago. How do they work and are they still made and where? I think they were called (blank)- Soningson pumps. Steam was not involved, but had something to do with a heated air chamber, I think?
It might have been a Rider Ericsson engine, a hot-air engine which was used for water pumping in rural areas. See the ref.