Pumps and blowers

Fig 19b Semi-open impeller for handling fluids containing pulpy solids (courtesy of Nagle Pumps) 

Make a rough sketch of each of the following processes. Show the system boundary, and classify the system as open or closed. 

The dashed lines represent the respective system boundaries. a PUmp Liquid out 

Closed system the tank does not exchange mass or energy with surroundings (except when it is filled or emptied) 

Open System fuel and air enter the engine, and exhaust gases leave the 

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The steam balance in the plant shown in Figure 2 enables all pumps and blowers to be turbine-driven by high pressure steam from the boiler. The low pressure exhaust system is used in the reboiler of the recovery system and the condensate returns to the boiler. Although there is generally some excess power capacity in the high pressure steam for driving other equipment, eg, compressors in the carbon dioxide Hquefaction plant, all the steam produced by the boiler is condensed in the recovery system. This provides a weU-balanced plant ia which few external utiUties are required and combustion conditions can be controlled to maintain efficient operation. 

Displacement Compressors, Vacuum Pumps and Blowers, ASME PTC 9-1970, ANSI PTC 9-1974, New York American Society of Mechanical Elngineers, 1970. New York American National Standards Institute, 1974,... 

The air sampler manufacturer, who will also supply certification, often performs calibration of certain kinds of air sampling equipment. Air pumps and blowers will always require calibration when used. This involves the use of flow meters certified for accuracy by the manufacturer. In the same way, analytical instrumentation will... 

For optimum design of injectors for G/L contacting their pressure drop and sorption characteristics must be known. The first is needed to dimension the conveying devices (pumps and blowers), the latter to establish the necessary gas and liquid throughputs. 

Materials-handling equipment is logically divided into continuous and batch types, and into classes for the handling of liquids, solids, and gases. Liquids and gases are handled by means of pumps and blowers in pipes, flumes, and ducts and in containers such as drums, cylinders, and tank cars. Solids may be handled by conveyors, bucket elevators, chutes, lift trucks, and pneumatic systems. The selection of materials-handling equipment depends upon the cost and the work to be done. Factors that must be considered in selecting such equipment include ... 

Steam turbines. In modern plants the centrifugal synthesis gas compressors, including recycle, are almost exclusively driven by a steam turbines. These are generally extraction turbines with a condensing section. Steam is extracted at suitable pressure levels (e.g. 45-55 bar) to provide, for example, the process steam in steam reforming plants, and for other drivers, e.g., air compressor, ammonia compressor, boiler feed water pumps, and blowers. 

For the proper selection and economical operation of size-reduction machinery, attention must be given to many details of procedure and of auxiliary equipment. A crusher, grinder, or cutter cannot be expected to perform satisfactorily unless (1) the feed is of suitable size and enters at a uniform rate (2) the product is removed as soon as possible after the particles are of the desired size (3) unbreakable material is kept out of the machine and (4) in the reduction of low-melting or heat-sensitive products, the heat generated in the mill is removed. Heaters and coolers, metal separators, pumps and blowers, and constant-rate feeders are therefore important adjuncts to the size-reduction unit. Factors to consider in specifying a size-reduction system, including energy efficiency and environmental issues, are discussed by Kukla and Hixon, ... 

Power and water consumption per unit of output can be excessive when bigger machines such as cmshers, big agitated reactors, boilers, pumps, and blowers are mn much below the lowest recommended point of operation by the manufacturer. 

Provide variable-frequency drive motors for pumps and blowers wherever possible instead of throtthng the delivery valves for flow control. 

Church, A.H. (1944). Centrifugal pumps and blowers. Wiley New York. 

Stepanoff, A.J. (1964). Phunping solid-liquid mixture. Mechanical Engineering 86(9) 29-35. Stepanoff, A.J. (1965). Pumps and blowers Two-phase flow, ed. 2. Wiley New York. Stepanoff, A.J. (1970). Gravity flow of bulk solids and transportation of solids in suspension. Wiley New York. 

There are different kinds of DAFC operation conditions depending of the way the fuel and the oxidant (oxygen/air) are fed into the cell. In complete active fuel cells the liquid fuel (neat alcohol or aqueous solution) is pumped and gas is compressed, using auxiliary pumps and blowers, in order to improve mass transport and reduce concentration polarization losses in the system. On the other hand, in complete passive DAFC the alcohol reaches the anode catalyst layer by natural convection and the cathode breathes oxygen directly from the air. A number of intermediate options have been also studied and tested. 

Rectification based on properties of a fluid jet is one of the older techniques. Pumps and blower using these sort of rectifiers have been known for quite a long time, but were earlier mostly used in... 

A. H. Church, Centrifugal Pumps and Blowers, John Wiley Sons, Inc., New York (1944). 

Church, A. H., "Cantrifugal Pumps and Blowers", John Wiley and Sons, New York... 

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As has been defined, a fuel-ceU hybrid consists of a fuel cell with an energy storage system and optionally a DC-DC converter for power control. The fuel-cell system with aU peripheral components such as pumps and blowers is controlled, in addition to the power distribution via the DC-DC converter. In the following, the main components of a fuel-cell hybrid system are described. 

The presence of liquid water in the system and the fuel cell stack can serve as a transport route for contaminants into the ME A, resulting in potential performance loss. Contact with liquid water can lead to dissolution of the plate materials, which can either be flushed away or travel into the membrane (Schmittinger and Vahidi, 2008). Similar effects can occnr with gasketing material, stack manifolds and system piping, pumps and blowers, humidifiers, etc. 

Complete familiarization with cooling system, operation of pumps and blowers, inspection, nominal operating conditions, points of measurement of various parameters, operation of valves, operation of tower and heat exchanger, diffuser ... 

The following numbers may create a feeling of the volume of erection work to be accomplished around 70 km of pipe work with 3000 supports, 21000 valves, 1100 pumps and blowers, 1500 vessels and heat exchangers had to be installed This included also the drilling of about 300000 plug holes 5000 km of cables to supply 8700 pieces of equipment and measuring circuits had to be routed Some milestones of this period are listed in Table 3 3... 

The process, e.g., condensate and wash liquor fi om treatment of chlorine, hydrogen, and brine stuffing-box rinse water from pumps and blowers brine leakages ion-exchange eluate from process-water treatment... 

On the other hand, since a PEFC in residential systems is operated under ambient pressure to maximize power generation efficiency by reducing power loss at pumps and blowers, its performance is more easily influenced by gas diffusivity, and the effect of the suppression from flooding by squeezing water is also weaker than for... 

The cabinet also houses the push-button controls of numerous electrical mdors connected to pumps and blowers in the reactor s cooling system and ventilation system. Some of these motor controls are Interlocked using relay logic wtth the variables measured by channels in the cabinet, as well as with the controls in the console... 

Furthermore, motive power is required for compression of feed streams and make-up gas for the synthesis loop, for recovery and refrigeration of product ammonia, and for certain other purposes, mainly pumps and blowers. 

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