CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

An ejector is a pump-like device that uses the Venturi effect of a converging-diverging nozzle to convert the pressure energy of any motive fluid to velocity energy which creates a low pressure zone that drawn in and entrains a suction fluid and then recompresses the mixed fluids by converting velocity energy back into pressure energy. The motive fluid may be a liquid, steam or any other gas. The entrained suction fluid may be a gas, a liquid, slurry The Liquid-jet air compressor in principle, it is a liquid-operated jet air compressor. Liquid flows with high velocity through a nozzle and entrains air out of its environment. The Liquid and the air are then mixed in a second nozzle and transported to the pressure air chamber, where the air pearls to the Liquid surface. Using a liquid as motive medium, liquid jet air compressor compressed the air or gases with large pressure differences. There is a special ejector design for mixing air or other gases with the motive liquid or water. These ejectors operate at a high gas/liquid mass transfer rate with simultaneous intensive mixing of the liquid itself. The domestic Liquid water-Jet Air Compressor possesses a Check valve and an air adjusting screw in its top. The check valve prevents a leaking of the water if the operation is stands still; with the adjusting screw the aspirated amount of air can be adjusted.

By using the above working principle of Liquid-Jet-Air compressor different types of motive fluid and secondary fluid with different operating pressure can be analysis using the Fluent software.

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE SURVEY

FauzanRahman, D.B. Umesh, D. Subbarao, M. Ramasamy Gas entrainment rate as a function of liquid flow rate in ejectors is investigated using nozzles of different geometries. The data are analyzed through macro-energy balance for each phase considering air and water inlet line discharge coefficients. Nozzles with smaller discharge coefficients are effective in producing higher vacuum and hence higher entrainment rates. It has been observed that the factor limiting the air entrainment rate is the low discharge coefficient in the air inlet line. Higher air inlet line discharge coefficients can increase the entrainment rate.

P.H.M.R. Cramers , A.A.C.M. Beenackers For the design and scale-up of gas
liquid ejectors, reliable data are required which describe the mass transfer characteristics as a function of the physical fluid properties, geometrical design and the process related parameters. Therefore, the mass transfer characteristics of various ejector geometries and scales were investigated using the desorption of oxygen from water, by means of an inert gas, as a model system. In order to investigate scale-up, the ejector was geometrically scaled-up by a factor of 2 (and hence, a volumetric scale-up by a factor of 8). Since industrial venturi reactors are operated at elevated pressures, the influence of the gas density on the mass transfer characteristics was also studied. M.T. Kandakure, V.G. Gaikar, A.W. Patwardhan,The use of ejectors as a gasliquid contacting device has been reported to give higher mass transfer rates than conventional contactors. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling studies were undertaken to understand the hydrodynamic characteristics with reference to the ejector geometry. S. Balamurugan, V.G. Gaikar, A.W. Patwardhan The mass transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics of a loop reactor have been investigated using downflow liquid jet ejectors fitted with straight- and venture-type throats. The entminment rate of the liquid jet and the gas holdup were shown as functions of power input per unit volume of the liquid. Similarly, the interfacial area and volumetric mass transfer coefficient were correlated with the power input. The interfacial areas achieved with a venturi ejector are far superior to thoseobtained with a straight throat ejector. For the liquid side mass transfer coefficient, the trend was found to be reversed within them nge of the operating variables studied in this work. The gas-liquid

behaviour inside the ejectors was analysed qualitatively for a better understanding of the phenomenon. N. N. DUTTA and K. V. RAGHAVAN The mass transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics of a loop reactor have been investigated using downflow liquid jet ejectors fitted with straight- and venturi-type throats. The entminment rate of the liquid jet and the gas holdup were shown as functions of power input per unit volume of the liquid. Similarly, the interfacial area and volumetric masstransfer coefficient were correlated with the power input. The interfacial areas achieved with a venturi ejector are far superior to those obtained with a straight throat ejector. For the liquidside mass transfer coefficient, the trend was found to be reversed within the mnge of the operating variables studied in this work. The gas-liquid behaviour inside the ejectors was analysed qualitatively for a better understanding of the phenomenon.

CHAPTER 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM

This project aims to study about how much amount of air is compressed by jet compressor, by using water as primary fluid . the pressure energy of the fluid is converted into velocity energy in primary nozzle, which creates the low atmospheric zone. Because of the low pressure zone it sucks or entrained the atmospheric air (secondary fluid). Both the fluids are

mixed in the mixing chamber, then this mixture is gets re compressed in the troat and gain the pressure energy back and then comes out of the diffuser. The air water mixture is separated in the separating chamber or air chamber, then to find how much amount of air is compressed in the operation. Pressure of the air after the compression is observed.

Fig 1 Experimental setup 1. Centrifugal Pump 2. Jet Compressor (or) Jet Pump 3. Air Chamber

WORK DONE Design of jet pump

Jet pump dimensions

Part name
Primary nozzle inlet diameter Primary nozzle outlet diameter Secondary nozzle inlet diameter Secondary nozzle outlet diameter Mixing tube diameter Length of mixing tube Length of the diffuser Diameter of the diffuser at outlet Diffuser semi cone angle Length of the jet pump

Dimension
5mmm 3.5mmm 58 mm 27 mm 276 mm 122 mm 61 mm 8 510 mm

Preprocessing-Grid Generation
Meshing can be defined as the process of breaking up a physical domain into smaller sub-domains (called as cells or elements) in order to facilitate the numerical solution of a partial differential equation.

Based on the designed parameters the jet pump is drawn and meshed using GAMBIT are shown

Fig 4 Meshed Geometry of Jet Ejector

Fig 5 Close view of Meshed Geometry of Jet Ejector

WORK TO BE DONE
The created geometry using GAMBIT is to be analyse in

CHAPTER 4 CONCLUSION
The main objective was to analysis the water-air mixing in the mixing chamber and the pressure at the diffuser exit. To analyze the pressure development at the end of the diffuser for different operating pressure. The simulation results will be verified by experimentally.