Water ring vacuum pump
AssigneesNational Space Development Agency of Japan, Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKyoichi Manabe, Hideo Yamashiro
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Abstract
A pumping system comprising a liquid ring vacuum pump including a casing and a rotatable runner. A Pitot pump including a casing, a Pitot tube, an impeller and a drum, the impeller and the drum being rotatably mounted in the casing, and the Pitot tube being mounted within the casing adjacent the outer periphery thereof. A gas passage leads into the vacuum pump, from the vacuum pump into the Pitot pump, and out of said Pitot pump, and a liquid passage leads from the Pitot tube to the vacuum pump. The system further includes a cooler connected to the liquid passage for cooling liquid therein, and a drive motor coupled to rotate the runner, the impeller and the drum.
Claims6
A pumping system comprising:
- a casing,
- a drive shaft journalled with respect to said casing and adapted to be rotated,
- a liquid ring vacuum pump coupled to be driven by said shaft and having inlet and outlet ports,
- a Pitot pump having a gas/liquid inlet port connected to said outlet port of said vacuum pump and a gas outlet port,
- said Pitot pump including a rotary drum coupled to be rotated by said shaft,
- said drum having a peripheral sump, an inlet opening communicating with said gas/liquid inlet port of the Pitot pump, and an outlet opening communicating with said gas outlet port of the Pitot pump,
- a centrifugal impeller coupled to be rotated by said shaft, said drum surrounding said impeller, and
- a Pitot tube having an opening located in said sump of the drum, said Pitot tube further being connected to said inlet port of said vacuum pump.
A pumping system comprising:
- (a) a liquid ring vacuum pump including a casing and a rotatable runner;
- (b) a Pitot pump including a casing, a Pitot tube, an impeller and a drum, said impeller and said drum being rotatably mounted in said casing and said impeller being mounted and operating inside said drum, and said Pitot tube being mounted within said casing adjacent the outer periphery thereof;
- (c) a gas passage leading into said vacuum pump, from said vacuum pump into said Pitot pump, and out of said Pitot pump;
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- (d) a liquid passage leading from said Pitot tube to said vacuum pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.