Water-powered pump actuation system

摘要

A water powered pump actuation system configured to power a reciprocating element of a pump. The pump actuation system may comprise a base, a wheel rotatably attached to the base, an attachment element fixed to the wheel and configured to fix the reciprocating element to the wheel. Rotation of the wheel in a first direction raises the reciprocating element and rotation of the wheel in a second direction lowers the reciprocating element. The actuation system may also comprise a cable attached to the wheel and a container attached to the cable, such that rotation of the wheel in the first direction lowers the container and rotation of the wheel in the second direction raises the container. Wheel rotation is controlled by water being cyclically pumped into and then emptied from the container via a pump in a reservoir below the container.