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Cost of base beat supply Cost of beat energy delivered by a beat pump defined by Eq. (9-240)... 

In an experimental study of a small air-lift pump(6), (25 mm. diameter and 13.8 m overall height) the results were expressed by plotting the efficiency of the pump, defined as the useful work done on the water divided by the energy required for isothermal compression of the air, to a basis of energy input in the air. In each case, the curve was found to rise sharply to a maximum and then to fall off more gradually. Typical results are shown in Figure 8.37. 

Reactor startup consisted of setting the final system temperature and pressure with CO2 (or pure isobutane when CO2 was not used) and starting the olefin feed pump (defined as zero time). Prior to shutdown, the reactor was flushed with CO2 at reaction temperature and pressure until no hydrocarbons were observed in the effluent, following which the reactor was cooled and depressurized. 

After cooling the product in the batch or semi-batch reactor, we pump it from the reactor. The time required to discharge product from the reactor depends upon the volume of product Fproduct (m ) and the capacity of the pump, defined as product volumetric flow rate Product (m /s). The time to discharge product from the reactor is... 

Since there is a definite phase relation between the fiindamental pump radiation and the nonlinear source tenn, coherent SH radiation is emitted in well-defined directions. From the quadratic variation of P(2cii) with (m), we expect that the SH intensity 12 will also vary quadratically with the pump intensity 1 ... 

The linear and nonlinear optical responses for this problem are defined by e, 2, e and respectively, as indicated in figure Bl.5.5. In order to detemiine the nonlinear radiation, we need to introduce appropriate pump radiation fields E(m ) and (co2)- If these pump beams are well-collimated, they will give rise to well-collimated radiation emitted tlirough the surface nonlmear response. Because the nonlinear response is present only in a thin layer, phase matching [37] considerations are unimportant and nonlinear emission will be present in both transmitted and reflected directions. 

A wide variety of metliods has been used to pump laser systems. Altliough optical pumping has been implied, tliere is an array of collisionally or electron impact pumped systems, as well as electrically pumped metliods. The efficiency of tire pumping cycle in many ways defines tire utility and applications of each scheme. The first... 

The resulting fault tree is shown in Figure 6, in which the top event is defined in terms of two intermediate events failure of the tank system or failure of the pumping system. Failure in either system would contribute to the overall system failure. The intermediate events are then further defined in terms of basic events. All of the basic events are related by AND gates because the overall system failure requires the failure of all of the individual components. Failures of the tanks and pumps are basic events because, without additional information, these events cannot be resolved any further. 

Fig. 6. A fault tree for the pumped storage example of Figure 5. For a real system the tank and pump failures would be more precisely defined, or set as intermediate events having further definition by subsequent basic events and more detailed failure modes.

Friction Coefficient. In the design of a heat exchanger, the pumping requirement is an important consideration. For a fully developed laminar flow, the pressure drop inside a tube is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the inside tube diameter. For a turbulent flow, the pressure drop is inversely proportional to D where n Hes between 4.8 and 5. In general, the internal tube diameter, plays the most important role in the deterrnination of the pumping requirement. It can be calculated using the Darcy friction coefficient,, defined as... 

The bulk fluid velocity method relates a blending quaUty Chemscale number to a quaUtative description of mixing (Table 3). The value of is equal to one-sixth of the bulk fluid velocity defined by pumping rate divided by cross-sectional area of the tank (4). 

Fluid deposits are defined as those which can be recovered in fluid form by pumping, in solution, or as particles in a slurry. Petroleum products and Frasch process sulfur are special cases. At this time no vaUd distinction is made between resources on the continental shelf and in the deep oceans. However, deep seabed deposits of minerals which can be separated by differential solution are expected to be amenable to fluid mining methods in either environment. 

One general source of pump terrninology, definitions, rules, and standards is the HydrauHc Institute (HI) Standards (9), approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as national standards. A classification of pumps by type, as defined by the HI, is shown in Figure 1. 

Specific Speed. A review of the dimensionless analysis (qv) as related to pumps can be found in Reference 14. One of these nondimensional quantities is called the specific speed. The universal dimensionless specific speed, Q, is defined as in equation 9 ... 

It is difficult to determine exactly the areas of localized pressure reductions inside the pump, although much research has been focused on this field. It is easy, however, to measure the total fluid pressure (static plus dynamic) at some convenient point, such as pump inlet flange, and adjust it in reference to the pump centerline location. By testing, it is possible to determine the point when the pump loses performance appreciably, such as 3% head drop, and to define the NPSH at that point, which is referred to as a required NPSH (NPSHR). The available NPSH (NPSHA) indicates how much suction head... 

Standard Chemical Pump. In 1961, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) iatroduced a chemical pump standard (29), known as ANSI B73.1, that defined common pump envelope dimensions, connections for the auxiUary piping and gauges, seal chamber dimensions, parts mnout limits, and baseplate dimensions. This definition was to ensure the user of the availabiUty of iaterchangeable pumps produced by different manufacturers, as well as to provide plant designers with standard equipment. A typical ANSI chemical pump, known as of the mid-1990s as ASME B73.1M-1991, is shown ia Figure 6. 

Techniques for handling sodium in commercial-scale appHcations have improved (5,23,98,101,102). Contamination by sodium oxide is kept at a minimum by completely welded constmction and inert gas-pressured transfers. Residual oxide is removed by cold traps or micrometallic filters. Special mechanical pumps or leak-free electromagnetic pumps and meters work well with clean Hquid sodium. Corrosion of stainless or carbon steel equipment is minimi2ed by keeping the oxide content low. The 8-h TWA PEL and ceiling TLV for sodium or sodium oxide or hydroxide smoke exposure is 2 mg/m. There is no defined AID for pure sodium, as even the smallest quantity ingested could potentially cause fatal injury. 

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