Air Lift Pumps

[ChrisConley]

I am designing an Air Lift Pump: a submerged pipe that has an outside source of compressed air introduced in order to raise the working fluid using buoyancy and expansion effects. I have found some technical resources, which have been fairly useful but I was wondering if anyone had any practical experience or some tips for working with these devices.

Thanks to all.

 

[zdas04]

This is a very common technique in Oil wells and uses high-pressure gas to lift liquids (it is called, oddly enough, Gas Lift). You might ask your question in Petroleum Productin Engineering or do a Google search for "Gas Lift" and ignore all the chair makers that use that term for their chair positioner.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

http://www.muleshoe-eng.com

 

[ChrisConley]

I have found good links about air (or gas) lift pumps. I was just looking to see if anyone had real experience with them. I've attached two links for anyone that is interested.

http://www.svce.ac.in/~msubbu/FM-WebBook/Unit-V/AirLiftPump.htm

http://www.plantservices.com/Web_First/ps.nsf/ArticleID/CBOH-5CMM9H/