Pulse Pump Manual

Iwaki
Metering Pump
Model: EW-BOBVO-20EPF2

Procedure for stroke rate adjustment

Determine the appropriate stroke rate and stroke length base don pump operation conditions
and liquid properties. The following method is recommended to determine the set values in
consideration of pump performance features.

1. Set stroke length at 100% (knob) and then adjust the stroke rate so that an approximate
amount is arranged.
2. Measure the Discharge amount.
3. If the discharge is lower then required, increase stroke rate and measure again.

***Note: If each drop affects the system make stroke length very small to minimize the
affect.

Operating

When operating the pulse pump you must be very patient, expect to wait an hour or two after
the drops start, to see the actually range of the pH. This is really a trial and error process
because for days you must keep readjusting the pulse pump, because there will be a build up
of KOH in the system and you won’t require is much to stay in the pH range you require. The
biofilter can be very sensitive to abrupt changes in the pH, therefore its better to slowly
increase the pH over several days.

1. When initially starting pulse pump, check the pH every 10 minutes for the first hour (if the
pH becomes too basic at an extreme rate, stop the pulse pump and wait for the system to
stablize).
- If the pH is increasing slowly pass you desired pH, reduce the SR.
2. After the intial hour monitor the system every 30 minutes for the next 3 hours.
3. When at a desirable range and the pH is still increasing, begin to decrease the SR, keep
checking the pH every half hour.
4. When the pH will stabilize at a SR of 2, it is safe to leave the pulse pump on for the
night.
5. Wait at least one full day before adjusting stoke lengths
6. Once adjusting the SL, its safe to just check the pH every other hour.

- When taking or adding fish to the system you must make changes to the pulse pump
settings.
Journal of 2009

When I first started the trial the required time for the pH to be within the required range took
approximately 2 hours at SL:65 and SR:.55.
- The very first day yielded very sporadic peaks.

After the first day, the time required to get into range was approximately 10 minutes, once
this occurs start decreasing the stroke rate.

***Note: during these first trials, the pulse pump was never left on during the night causing
huge fluxes in the pH, resulting I very stressful conditions in the water.

*** Note: once you can stablize the system with SR:2, SL:65, you will be able to safely leave
the pulse pump running over.

-After 2 weeks of running the pulse pumps the SR: 2 and SL:40 is keeping within a pH range
of 6.45- 6.50

April 22: SR:1 SL: 60, pH: 6.5

April 23: Reduced SL to 45 b/c pH is still rising, possible reason, we haven’t had any real rain
in the past few weeks, water is more buffered before entering (pH: 6.61).

May 7: After the break we had to readjust the pulse pump to get levels back to normal
because the SL was reduced and the hose started to clog, resulting in a decrease in pH. The
pH read 4.7, I readjusted the stroke length to SL: 3, SR:60, by the end of the day the pH was
with in normal range but still rising therefore I reduced the SL to 2.

May 10: After the weekend the levels stablized and I felt confident to reduce the SL:40 and
SR: 2.

If you have any question, you can contact me and I will try and help, my email is
Kamacrae@nsac.ca