A liquid ring pump includes an external housing enclosing a volume including a lower fluid reservoir. A rotatable inner housing is within the volume of the external housing, the inner housing enclosing an inner fluid chamber. A pitot tube provides fluid communication between the lower fluid reservoir and the inner fluid chamber. The housings and pitot tube are adapted so that when the inner housing rotates, fluid flows from the lower fluid reservoir through the pitot tube into the inner fluid chamber to develop a liquid ring within the inner fluid chamber such that an inner radial wall of the liquid ring is just radially outward from a point where the pitot tube enters the inner fluid chamber.

A control system comprising: a liquid ring pump; a motor configured to drive the liquid ring pump; and a controller configured to: determine an electrical current within the motor; determine a speed of the motor; calculate a value of a function, the function being a function of the determined electrical current within the motor and the determined speed of the motor; and output one or more control signals based on the calculated value of the function.

A control system comprising: a liquid ring pump; a motor configured to drive the liquid ring pump; and a controller configured to: determine an electrical current within the motor; determine a speed of the motor; calculate a value of a function, the function being a function of the determined electrical current within the motor and the determined speed of the motor; and output one or more control signals based on the calculated value of the function.

A multistage power saving vacuum device with a root vacuum pump in a first stage comprises a vacuum inlet gas-driving shut-off valve for receiving non-condensing gas pumping from a power plant condenser; a first root vacuum pump connected to the vacuum inlet gas-driving shut-off valve for receiving and compressing the gas outputted from the vacuum inlet gas-driving shut-off valve; a second vacuum pump serially connected to the first root vacuum pump for further compressing the gas from the first root vacuum pump. A last stage vacuum pump connected to the second vacuum pump for further compressing the gas outputted from the second vacuum pump; and a vapor separator connected to the last stage vacuum pump for separating vapor and air; wherein the gas is vented out and the vapor is returned to the last stage vacuum pump.

The present invention discloses a closed circulation system for improving operating efficiency of a gas drainage pump. A liquid inlet of a pneumatic diaphragm pump is connected to a liquid outlet of a drag-reducing polymer solution tank, and a liquid outlet pipe of the pneumatic diaphragm pump leads to a circulation water pool. The drag-reducing polymer solution tank is provided with a pneumatic stirrer internally, and a charging hopper at the top. A liquid outlet of a submersible pump is connected to a liquid inlet of the drag-reducing polymer solution tank and a liquid inlet of a gas drainage pump respectively through a three way pipe, and a liquid discharge pipe of the gas drainage pump is connected to the circulation water pool. The pneumatic stirrer and the pneumatic diaphragm pump operate at high speeds.

Liquid Ring pumps are inherently inefficient due to energy losses caused by friction, the present invention overcomes this by providing a coating on certain surfaces of the pump to limit the friction.

A liquid ring pump includes an external housing enclosing a volume including a lower fluid reservoir. A rotatable inner housing is within the volume of the external housing, the inner housing enclosing an inner fluid chamber. A pitot tube provides fluid communication between the lower fluid reservoir and the inner fluid chamber. The housings and pitot tube are adapted so that when the inner housing rotates, fluid flows from the lower fluid reservoir through the pitot tube into the inner fluid chamber to develop a liquid ring within the inner fluid chamber such that an inner radial wall of the liquid ring is just radially outward from a point where the pitot tube enters the inner fluid chamber.

An exhaust bearing seat, a screw compressor and an air-conditioning unit are provided. The exhaust bearing seat is provided with a discharge port, wherein an opening of the discharge port is orientated in such a way that, if the exhaust bearing seat is sheathed in a housing, gas exhausted from the discharge port has a component which rotates along an inner wall of the housing and around an axial direction of the housing. The discharge port is able to guide the gas flow to rotationally flow along the inner wall of the housing body and around the axial direction of the housing, which extends the flow path of the gas flow inside the housing, and facilitates the reduction of noise of the gas flow pulsation.

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 (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.