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Steam Jet Refrigeration
Steam Jet Refrigeration
Steam Jet Refrigeration
That is, in normal conditions, pressure exerted on the surface of a liquid is the atmospheric
pressure. If the atmospheric pressure is reduced on the surface of a liquid, by some means,
then the liquid will start boiling at lower temperatures.
In operation, a high-pressure motive gas enters the steam chest at low velocity and expands through the
converging-diverging nozzle.
This results in a decrease in pressure and an increase in velocity. Meanwhile, the suction fluid enters at the suction
inlet.
The motive fluid , which is now at high velocity, entrains the suction fluid and combines with it.
The two fluids are then recompressed through the diffuser. Potential energy is converted to kinetic
energy; thus, velocity increases and pressure decreases.