Experimental Study of a Novel, Jet Booster Pump
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Experimental Study of a Novel, Jet Booster Pump
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1985-12
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St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
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A new form of a low head, jet booster pump was evaluated. The jet pump consisted
of a constant diameter pipe fitted with two wall jets energizing the flow and
a constant area diffuser consisting of a slotted wall portion of the pipe where water
and solid fines were withdrawn. The withdrawn water was pressurized and recirculated
to the j~ts by an external centrifugal slurry pump, thus performing a pressure 1
booster operation on the main line flow.
The jet pump was evaluated in a 3 inch pipe recirculating flow facility.
Extensive tests were conducted with water flow to evaluate and optimize performance
characteristics. The best efficiency obtained was about 17 percent. Addition of
solid particles to the flow in sizes up to 3/4 inch resulted in plugging of the
screened diffuser for concentrations above about 20 percent by weight. Coal particles
were rapidly eroded to very small sizes due to the action of the high velocity
side jets. Problems associated with the screened diffuser limit the pumps'
usefulness.
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Wetzel, Joseph M.; Johnson, Thomas R.; Bintz, David W.. (1985). Experimental Study of a Novel, Jet Booster Pump. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/131848.
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