Simulation of a hydraulic air ingestion process

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6427847

Chen, F C; Golshani, A

A hydraulic air ingestion process which requires no mechanical moving parts to accomplish air compression but a downward flow of water and operates at nearly isothermal compression mode can be a viable alternative for the noncondensibles disposal of an OTEC open-cycle power system. A computer simulation of the process is presented based on one-dimensional lumped parameter analysis. Results of laboratory-scale experiments were obtained which compared favorably with the analytical results. A sensitivity study which depicts the effects of various parameters upon the applied head of the hydraulic air ingestion process is also presented.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6427847
• Report Number(s): CONF-810477-1
• Resource Relation: Conference: 12. modeling and simulation conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 30 Apr 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
AIR
COMPRESSION
GAS COMPRESSORS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
OCEAN THERMAL POWER PLANTS
COMPRESSED AIR
FLUID FLOW
HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT
MIXTURES
OPEN-CYCLE SYSTEMS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
WATER
COMPRESSED GASES
COMPRESSORS
DISPERSIONS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
GASES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER PLANTS
SIMULATION
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
140800* - Solar Energy- Ocean Energy Systems