Understanding Eductors
Eductors mainly operate with
the help of pressure energy which is found within the high pressure motives
liquid to the pump, compress or entrain the secondary fluid of low pressure.
How the educator works is quite straight forward and could be summarised as
below:
- High pressure
fluid passes through the specifically shaped nozzle that helps in
increasing the velocity of fluid and decreases the pressure of fluid. By
passing motive fluid across the nozzle, the energy of static pressure
within that fluid converts into the kinetic energy that helps in
increasing the velocity of fluid and also reduces static pressure.
The process if called venture effect.
- As high velocity
streaming exists the orifice nozzle, at the maximum velocity point, vena
contracta, the area for low pressure generates. This area of low pressure
is almost equal to or maybe less than secondary low pressure fluids,
suction fluid thereby permitting it to easily enter educator body.
- Since 2 fluids
collide the energy gets transferred and suction fluid gets entertained
into motive fluid. The 2 fluid streams pass through parallel throat
section where the further mixing as well as transfer of energy happens.
- This mixture of
fluid passes through diffuser section. This by gradually rising in terms
of the diameter reduces the velocity of the fluid and thus converts
kinetic energy into the static pressure and thus recovery of pressure
happens.
- An educator is
usually considered to be an inefficient device, which recovers
approximately maximum of about 40% pressure drop between suction inlets
and motive inlets. But its simplicity, a lack of the moving parts as well
as the other advantages over the alternate technologies makes them best
for a number of applications.
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