Mechanical Vacuum Pumps

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HIGH-VACUUM PUMP - Mechanism which can create a vacuum in the 1000 to 1 micron range. 

Equip motor-driven electrical equipment used in a laboratory where volatile flammable materials may be present (e.g., a hydrogenation room) with either nonsparking induction motors that meet Class 1, Division 2, Group C-D electrical standards (U.S. DOC, 1993) or air motors instead of series-wound motors that use carbon brushes, such as those generally used in vacuum pumps, mechanical shakers, stirring motors,... 

Vacuum pump, mechanical pump A compression-type vacuum pump with moving parts. The term is generally applied to pumps used for roughing or backing (Examples oil-sealed mechanical pump piston pump diaphragm pump etc.) and not high vacuum mechanical pumps (Example Turbomolecular pump). 

Because of the low efficiency of steam-ejector vacuum systems, there is a range of vacuum above 13 kPa (100 mm Hg) where mechanical vacuum pumps are usually more economical. The capital cost of the vacuum pump goes up roughly as (suction volume) or (l/P). This means that as pressure falls, the capital cost of the vacuum pump rises more swiftly than the energy cost of the steam ejector, which iacreases as (1 /P). Usually below 1.3 kPa (10 mm Hg), the steam ejector is more cost-effective. 

Other factors that favor the choice of the steam ejector are the presence of process materials that can form soflds or require high alloy materials of constmction. Factors that favor the vacuum pump are credits for pollution abatement and high cost steam. The mechanical systems require more maintenance and some form of backup vacuum system, but these can be designed with adequate reflabiUty. 

Evaporative crystalli rs generate supersaturation by removing solvent, thereby increasing solute concentration. These crystallizers may be operated under vacuum, and, ia such circumstances, it is necessary to have a vacuum pump or ejector as a part of the unit. If the boiling poiat elevation of the system is low (that is, the difference between the boiling poiat of a solution ia the crystallizer and the condensation temperature of pure solvent at the system pressure), mechanical recompression of the vapor obtained from solvent evaporation can be used to produce a heat source to drive the operation. 

The vacuum pump is usually of the steam-jet type if high-pressure steam is available. If nigh-pressure steam is not available, more expensive mechanical pumps may be used. These may be either a water-ring (Hytor) type or a reciprocating pump. 

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,... 

A solution of 30 g (0.1 mole) of 17j5-hydroxy-5a-androstan-3-one (androstano-lone), 20 ml of pyrrolidine and 200 ml of benzene is heated at reflux temperature for 2.5 hr under a Bidwell-Sterling water trap. The benzene solution is evaporated to dryness in a rotating evaporator connected to a water aspirator. The white cake which remains is broken up and dried further by immersing the flask in a water bath at 60-75° and evacuating the flask with a mechanical vacuum pump. After 0.5 hr the solid cake is broken up again and dried for another 0.5 hr at 60-75°. The enamine (9) obtained should smell only faintly of pyrrolidine. 

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Safety around mechanical vacuum pumps is possibly no different than that for other process mechanical rotating machinery. However, there is a decided danger of an... 

Installation costs are relatively low when compared to mechanical vacuum pumps. Space requirements are small. 

The process designer or mechanical engineer in a process plant is not expected to, nor should he, actually design a mechanical vacuum pump or steam jet, biit rather he should be knowledgeable enough to establish the process requirements for capacity, pressure drops, etc., and understand the operation and details of equipment available. 

Mechanical vacuum pumps are eight to ten times more efficient users of energy than steam jets although, steam Jets are reliable and cost less [23], See Table 6-17. 

The most used mechanical vacuum pumps or compressors are reciprocating, liquid-ring, rotary-vane, rotary blower, rotary piston, and diaphragm. 

The Nash vacuum pump or compressor has only one moving part—a balanced rotor that runs without any internal lubrication. Such simplicity is possible because all functions of mechanical pistons or vanes are performed by a rotating band of liquid compressant. 

Extraction Frozen krill (85 g) is briefly homogenized with 60% ethanol (220 ml) at about 0°C, and centrifuged. The supernatant is rapidly concentrated under reduced pressure in a 2-liter flask at about 40°C (using a rotary evaporator, a mechanical vacuum pump, and a large condensate trap immersed in dry ice/acetone) to a volume of 15-20 ml. After the addition of 30 ml of cold ethanol, the solution is temporarily stored at —30°C. Materials similarly prepared from 6 batches (510 g krill in total) are combined, centrifuged, and the supernatant is concentrated to 30 ml, and then mixed with 70 ml of ethanol. Compound F in the solution is extracted with 120 ml of n-butanol. 

Although the thermal efficiencies of various mechanical vacuum pumps and even steam jet ejectors vary with each manufacturer s design and even size, the curves of Figure 6-34 present a reasonable relative relationship between the types of equipment. Steam jets shown are used for surf ace intercondensers with 70°F cooling water. For non-condensing ejectors, the efficiency would be lower. 

We may encounter problems in the purification of substances with a high normal boiling point. If purification only requires a small number of theoretical stages. Short Path Distillation (SPD), in which pressures can be as low as 0.001 bar, can prove useful. Many vitamins and pharmaceuticals can be processed without deterioration of quality. It is now common to use mechanical vacuum pumps with proper condensers preceding the pump. 

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