WVO Pump

Are you looking for a WVO Pump?

I have been moving WVO around at a hundred and sometimes a thousand gallons at a time. I have needed a pump that gets the job done fast and reliably. As you can imagine, this has created more than its share of mess and frustration and largely an inadequate pump is to blame. I set out to find the best WVO pump that didn’t break the bank. What I found was very interesting.

Positive Displacement Pumps :

Diaphragm pumps, gear pumps, piston pumps, rotary vane pumps, flexible impeller pumps, and peristaltic pumps—they draw fluid on one stroke and discharge it on the next. In high- or varying-pressure applications or for pumping high-viscosity fluids, positive displacement pumps hold a constant flow rate much better than centrifugal pumps. Also, positive displacement pumps generally are self-priming —they create enough of a vacuum to draw fluid without assistance.

Centrifugal pumps are best for transfer applications with high flow rates and low pressure and viscosity. They typically are not self-priming and require a gravity-feed setup.

Almost all readily available pumps in the local hardware stores are centrifugal pumps, they only work when they have fluid in them and they do not work when WVO gets thick. The next available pump is the gear pump. These provide excellent priming capability and pumping pressure but tend to be quite small low volume high pressure items. Readily available high flow gear pumps( >20GPM) are $1000 and are nowhere near portable. So I had to take my search on-line. What I found was a 1hp, 20GPM gear pump with 1” hose fittings for under $500! So, I bought a pallet of them to share with others in the community that have the same challenges and have come to the same conclusion. If you are interested, go here: WVO Pump.

Raw Power Monster Gear Pump from WVO Designs on Vimeo.