Development of hybrid airlift-jet pump with its performance analysis

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Yao, Dan ^a   Lee, Kwongi ^b   Ha, Minho ^b   Cheong, Cheolung ^b   Lee, Inhiug ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Dongjin Motor   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airlift pump; Hybrid pump; Jet pump; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052497264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app8091413     Document Type: Article

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