THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HEATED JET PUMP AND DESIGN OF A TEST FACILITY

Abstract

The jet pump is a device that compresses low-pressure fluid by means of a high energy jet. This device is simple, reliable and light weight, and is attractive for various uses including eventual application to boundary layer control for aircraft. The theoretical flow of a pefect gas through constant pressure and constant area jet pumps is predicted by analyzing the equations of continuity, energy and momentum. Of particular interest is the effect of heating the high energy jet. The parameters describing optimum heated jet pumps are determined. The ideal pumps represent upper performance limits for actual devices. A complete description and design of a facility for testing heated jet pumps is included. Specific test configurations are analyzed, and performance curves are illustrated. These curves facilitate comparison between theory and experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0486363

Entities

People

  • Carl Richards Summers
  • Wendell Clayton Ridder

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air
  • Air Supplies
  • Boundaries
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Compressed Air
  • Compressors
  • Continuity
  • Cost Estimates
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Fabrication
  • Heat Energy
  • High Energy
  • Jet Pumps
  • Measurement
  • Test Facilities
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design