A system comprising: a liquid ring pump (10) comprising: a chamber (102); a suction inlet; an exhaust outlet; and an operating liquid inlet; a gas line (36) coupled to the liquid ring pump (10); a valve (8) disposed on the gas line (36); a first sensor (81) configured to measure a first parameter of the inlet fluid; a second sensor (82) configured to measure a second parameter of either the operating liquid, the exhaust fluid, or a fluid within the chamber; and a controller (20) configured to: determine a vapour pressure of the operating liquid using the second parameter; and control operation of the valve (8) based on the first parameter and the vapour pressure.

A system comprising: a liquid ring pump comprising a chamber and an impeller mounted within the chamber; a driver configured to drive the liquid ring pump so as to cause the impeller to move within the chamber; and a controller configured to, responsive to determining that a speed of the impeller relative to the chamber is below a threshold speed or is zero, control the driver to drive the liquid ring pump so as to cause the impeller to move within the chamber.

A separator system may include a separator for separating a liquid (e.g. an operating liquid received from a liquid ring pump) from a mixture comprising the liquid and another substance; a level indicator coupled to the separator, the level indicator being for indicating a level of the liquid in the separator, the level indicator comprising a tubular member fluidly connected to the separator such that the liquid within the separator may flow from the separator into the tubular member; and a liquid line configured to supply liquid to the separator, the liquid line coupled to the level indicator such that the tubular member is fluidly connected between the liquid line and the separator.

A separator system may include a separator for separating a liquid (e.g. an operating liquid received from a liquid ring pump) from a mixture comprising the liquid and another substance; a level indicator coupled to the separator, the level indicator being for indicating a level of the liquid in the separator, the level indicator comprising a tubular member fluidly connected to the separator such that the liquid within the separator may flow from the separator into the tubular member; and a liquid line configured to supply liquid to the separator, the liquid line coupled to the level indicator such that the tubular member is fluidly connected between the liquid line and the separator.

The air/oil separator uses a multi-chambered reservoir tank, which is divided into four separate internal chambers. The discharge oil passes sequentially through the chambers within the separator progressively separating and collecting the liquid oil from the discharge. The separator has an elongated reservoir chamber and three additional chambers, a deflector chamber, a screen chamber and a filter chamber located over the reservoir chamber. The separator includes two removable diffuser plates suspended within the reservoir chamber. The separator includes a replaceable screen separating the reservoir and screen chambers and filter element mounted within the filter chamber. Discharged oil enters the separator through a side oriented inlet port into the deflector chamber. The discharge oil is directed against an internal deflector wall within the deflector chamber that redirects the flow radially before falling vertically into the main reservoir chamber below.

A control system comprising: a suction line; an exhaust line; an operating liquid line; a liquid ring pump coupled to the suction, exhaust, and operating liquid lines; a regulating device configured to control flow of operating liquid into the liquid ring pump; a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of an input fluid to the liquid ring pump via the suction line; a first temperature sensor configured to measure temperature of an exhaust fluid output by the liquid ring pump via the exhaust line; a second temperature sensor configured to measure temperature of an operating liquid received by the liquid ring pump via the operating liquid line; and a controller configured to: using the sensor measurements control the one or more regulating devices.

A pump for pumping a gas, the pump comprising: a rotor and a stator; the rotor comprising at least one liquid opening configured for fluid communication with a liquid source. The liquid opening is configured such that in response to a driving force a stream of liquid is output from the opening, the stream of liquid forming a liquid blade between the rotor and the stator, gas confined by the stator, the rotor and the liquid blade being driven through the pump along a pumping channel from a gas inlet towards a gas outlet in response to relative rotational motion of the rotor and the stator. A cross sectional area of the pumping channel is configured to increase from the gas inlet to the gas outlet.

A control system comprising: a suction line; an exhaust line; an operating liquid line; a liquid ring pump comprising a suction input coupled to the suction line, an exhaust output coupled to the exhaust line, and a liquid input coupled to the operating liquid line; a pump configured to pump operating liquid into the liquid ring pump via the operating liquid line and the liquid input; a motor configured to drive the pump; a first sensor configured to measure a first parameter, the first parameter being a parameter of an exhaust fluid of the liquid ring pump; a second sensor configured to measure a second parameter, the second parameter being a parameter of a fluid received by the liquid ring pump; and a controller operatively coupled to the first sensor, the second sensor, and the motor, and configured to control the motor based on sensor measurements of the first sensor and the second sensor. The control system advantageously tends to reduce or eliminate the wear caused by cavitations.

A pump for applying fluid to an assembly, the pump including: a pump housing featuring a circumferential wall surrounding a delivery chamber of the pump, an end-facing housing wall including an outer end-facing surface of the housing which faces axially away from the delivery chamber, an inlet and an outlet for the fluid which emerges on the outer end-facing surface of the housing; a delivery member, moveable within the delivery chamber, for delivering the fluid from a low-pressure side of the pump which includes the inlet to a high-pressure side of the pump which includes the outlet; and an axial gasket which fully surrounds the outlet, in order to separate it from the low-pressure side, in an axial view onto the end-facing wall of the housing. The axial gasket is a spring gasket in the form of a disc spring or hollow-profile spring or V-profile spring or bellows spring.

A device evacuates a chamber and purifies the gas extracted from said chamber of any foreign substances. The device comprises a dry-condensing vacuum pump having an input connected to the chamber to be evacuated and is suitable for maintaining the input pressure at a constant level at the output despite variable conditions. An intermediate line which connects to the output of the dry-condensing vacuum pump and a liquid ring vacuum pump, the input of which is connected to the intermediate line, are additionally provided. A corresponding method makes it possible to purify the gas of any foreign substances reliably and effectively.