Pumps – One fluid pumped by contact or entrainment with another – Diverse pumps
Patent
1988-06-24
1989-10-31
Stout, Donald E.
Pumps
One fluid pumped by contact or entrainment with another
Diverse pumps
417 87, F04B 2314
Patent
active
048773778
ABSTRACT:
A rotary pump system for pumping a liquid which is delivered under pressure from a backing pump 8, in which a rotary pump 1 has a pump body which is required to be drained of liquid at times when the pump 1 is inoperative, wherein the backing pump 8 has a by-pass circuit between its inlet and outlet ports, the by-pass circuit comprisng a multiphase pump 13 which has a suction inlet 14 connected to a drain point 16 on the pump 1 body and a vortex chamber 17 through which liquid passes from the pump 13 outlet to the backing pump 8 inlet, a central outlet 18 of said vortex chamber being connected to an inlet port 6 of said pump 1. This allows automatic draining of the pump 1 body when use of this pump is not required.
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Plessey Overseas Limited
Stout Donald E.
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