The invention relates to a jet pump unit (46) for controlling a gaseous medium, in particular hydrogen, comprising a nozzle (1) and a mixing tube unit (30), said mixing tube unit (30) having a longitudinal axis (48) and the nozzle (1) a longitudinal axis (18). The longitudinal axis (48) of the mixing tube unit (48) and the longitudinal axis (18) of the nozzle (1) include an angle (?) with each other.

A fluid ejector having: a diffuser duct for mixing of a first gas stream with a second gas stream having faster velocity than the first gas stream, wherein the diffuser duct extends along an axial direction; and wherein, in cross-section perpendicular to the axial direction, the diffuser duct is defined between a first wall extending around the axial direction, and a second wall extending around the axial direction, radially within the first wall.

An aspirator assembly for an inflatable device includes an outer housing disposed about an axis, an inner housing disposed about the axis, and a manifold coupled through the outer housing to an annulus located between the inner housing and the outer housing, the manifold providing pressurized gas to said annulus via a plurality of gas ejector nozzles. The annulus may be divided into a plurality of annulus segments by a plurality of vanes protruding radially from the inner housing.

This invention relates to improvements and a new design for jet pumps used in the production or cleaning of oil wells. The present disclosure reveals improvements to Jet Pump wear characteristics, flow patterns, and efficiencies resulting in an improved method of producing fluid and or sand from an oil well using a Jet Pump.

An ejector device (1), e.g. for pumping a gas using a liquid motive fluid, comprising: an injector portion (100), and a diffuser portion (50), the injector portion (100) being arranged for injecting a flow of motive fluid from a motive fluid inlet (10) into an inlet section (52) of the diffuser portion (50) thereby to draw a suction fluid from a suction fluid inlet (20) into the inlet section (52) of the diffuser portion (50); wherein the injector portion (100) comprises a flow-modifying arrangement comprising: at least one rotational deflector element (104), e.g. comprising three vanes (104V1, 104V2, 104V3) each at a desired twist angle, constructed and arranged to deflect motive fluid into a helical path as it moves over or through the rotational deflector element (104), and at least one baffle element (103), e.g. a baffle plate (103), located downstream of the rotational deflector element (104).

A sealing device for a jet pump of a boiling water reactor is provided. The jet pump includes an inlet mixer and a diffuser receiving the inlet mixer at a slip joint such that an outer circumferential surface of the inlet mixer is received in an inner circumferential surface of the diffuser at the slip joint. The diffuser includes a plurality of guiding fins, each guiding fin including a radially inner surface, a radially outer surface and lateral surfaces extending radially between the inner and outer surfaces. The sealing device includes a seal configured for sealingly contacting the outer circumferential surface of the inlet mixer and a collar configured for holding the seal against the outer circumferential surface of the inlet mixer. The collar includes portions configured for being received radially between the radially inner surfaces of the guiding fins and the outer circumferential surface of the inlet mixer. The sealing device further includes a clamp configured for contacting the radially outer surfaces of the guiding fins to axially clamp the guiding fins. A method of mounting a sealing device onto a slip joint of a jet pump of a boiling water reactor is also provided.

An ejector housing defines a suction chamber, a mixing chamber, and a diffuser nozzle. The diffuser nozzle defines a restrictive orifice, and a diffuser outlet. A first port supplies an entrained fluid to the mixing chamber. First and second motive fluid nozzles include a first valve and a second valve selectively supply first and second portions of the motive fluid to the mixing chamber through first and second motive fluid nozzle outlets. A controller selectively opens and closes the first valve and the second valve to controller the level of fluid flow through the first port.

A jet pump type ejector for a turbomachine, including a duct through which a secondary ventilation air flow passes, and a first end of which forms an air intake and a second end of which forms an air outlet, the two nozzles for spraying a primary air flow being mounted in the duct which defines a mixer and a diffuser downstream from the nozzle, the two nozzles being parallel and adjacent to one another, the mixer including two substantially planar longitudinal walls, bottom and top respectively, connected to one another by two side walls having a semicircular cross-section, in which the radius of curvature R2 is centered on the axis of a nozzle, the center-to-center distance of the nozzles being substantially equal to /2 times R2 or (/2)R2.

An ejector for a sealed system includes a motive liquid passage with a converging section, a throat and a diverging section. The throat of the motive liquid passage is disposed between the converging section of the motive liquid passage and the diverging section of the motive liquid passage. The ejector also includes a plurality of nucleation sites at the converging section of the motive liquid passage.

An ejector and a refrigeration cycle apparatus having an ejector are provided. The ejector may include an ejector body having an accommodation space therein, a suction portion through which a high pressure refrigerant and a low pressure refrigerant may be suctioned into the accommodation space, and a mixing portion configured to mix the high pressure refrigerant with the low pressure refrigerant; a nozzle provided in the ejector body, having a nozzle neck and an expansion portion, and configured to inject the high pressure refrigerant into the mixing portion; a first needle moveably provided at the expansion portion, and configured to control a flow sectional area of the expansion portion; a second needle moveably provided at the nozzle neck, and configured to control a flow sectional area of the nozzle neck; a first needle drive configured to drive the first needle; and a second needle drive configured to drive the second needle. With such a configuration, the flow sectional area of the nozzle neck and the flow sectional area of the expansion portion may be independently controlled in correspondence to a drive condition.