Determination of Experimental Characteristics of a Jet-vortex Pump

A methodology has been developed and the results of experimental studies of high-pressure jet-vortex pump models with a mixing chamber and working nozzle area ratio of 3.429 and 3.795 have been obtained. In the flow part of the pump, inclined guide elements for swirling the mixed flows are installed. An increase in the velocity of swirling screw jets increases the level of turbulence, intensifies the energy exchange of the mixed media, and improves the conditions for transferring kinetic energy from the working flow to the injected one. Improvement of the flow mixing mechanism allows increasing the energy efficiency of jet pumps. The velocity of swirling screw jets is determined by the angle of inclination of the guide elements and the flow rate of the mixed flows. The efficiency of simultaneous swirling of the mixed media may be less than the efficiency of swirling a separate flow if there is a difference in the directions of the velocity vectors of the swirling jets. There has been obtained the dependence of the injection coefficient on the Reynolds number of the working flow, pressure and energy characteristics for a straight-through jet pump for the case of swirling of the exclusively injected flow and simultaneous swirling of the working and injected flows. According to the results of the conducted studies, an increase in the injection coefficient, relative pressure and efficiency caused by swirling of the mixed flows was established by 26.34%, 19.43% and 23.75%, respectively.