THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF OIL BACKSTREAMING THROUGH A VACUUM TRAP,
Abstract
The phenomena of oil backstreaming through an optically tight, liquid nitrogen-cooled 36-in. diameter elbow trap is analyzed. Trap geometry is studied in conjunction with the effects of con densation coefficient, molecular collision, dif fusion, and gas sweeping effects. Four modes of oil escape are considered for operating pressures ranging from the molecular to the continuum flow region: (1) oil transfer by single bounce, (2) oil transfer by oil-to-oil collision, (3) oil transfer by oil-to-air collision, and (4) oil transfer by diffusion and sweeping action. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0410925
Entities
People
- C. Tsonis
- D. H. Holkeboer
- O. W. Jones
Organizations
- General Electric