Ejectors are mostly used for effecting vacuum. Are ejectors
used for pumping liquids? I have come across several get pumps, primarily to
act as booster for centrifugal pumps which has suction level beyond 30 feet.
But my question is can steam be used in an ejector set-up to pump water?
I could predict:
Available steam is wet. This wet steam is to be used as
motive fluid and will soon condense on contact with water. So, may not act like
'air lift pump' where air will bubble and drift the surrounding water until the
discharge end. In case of steam, there has
to be brief time for the steam to get condensed in the discharge pipe, by which
time; can we expect the steam should lift the available water? If the steam
pressure is adequate, can we expect the discharge head be proportional to steam
pressure?
I understand the pumped water would be hot depending upon
the masses and temperature of water and steam throughput.
Also expect the nozzle bore would erode soon on handling wet
steam.
Still, will it work?
Steam Ejector
Re: Steam Ejector
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