CONDUIT PUMP SYSTEM TO INCREASE WATER FLOW CAPACITY

摘要

An apparatus for increasing the flow of liquid in a conduit provides a barrier positioned in the conduit to prevent flow of liquid past the barrier in a lower region and defining a gap region above that lower region and adjacent the barrier. A duct having a first end for positioning within the lower region of the conduit upstream of the barrier and a second end for positioning in the gap region of the conduit to direct the flow of liquid through the duct from an area upstream of the barrier through the gap region to an area downstream of the barrier. An air pump communicates with the duct to force air into the first end of the duct under sufficient pressure to mix with water in the area of the first end of the duct and rise with the water through the duct and out the second end of the duct to the downstream side of the barrier. A plurality of apparatuses may be located at pre-determined intervals along the conduit.