Geyser Pump Bubble-Forming Loop for High-Velocity Water Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current geyser pumps lack the capability to efficiently transport large volumes of water at high velocity, limiting their applicability in various applications.
Innovation Solution
A geyser pump design featuring an external bubble-forming loop and a liquid delivery conduit, combined with an orifice disk assembly that controls air flow, allowing for adjustable bubble formation and liquid flow rates, enabling efficient high-velocity water transport.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional air lift pumps are used to move liquid, then liquid can be transported, but the velocity and volume of water transport are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The air flow is segmented into discrete bubbles of controlled size through the orifice disk assembly. By creating uniformly sized bubbles rather than continuous or random air flow, the system optimizes the air-liquid interaction efficiency, allowing larger volumes of water to be moved at higher velocities with controlled air consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The orifice disk assembly allows adjustment of bubble size and air flow rate by changing the orifice diameter. This parameter control enables optimization of the air-to-water ratio, achieving higher productivity (water transport volume and velocity) while managing air consumption according to specific application requirements.
2Reliability
If traditional pump designs with moving parts are used, then pumping function is achieved, but wear and solids settling become problematic
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and eliminates all moving mechanical parts from the pump system. By using a purely passive air-lift mechanism where air bubbles provide the lifting force, there are no rotating components, seals, or bearings that can wear or fail, thereby achieving high reliability and eliminating wear-related problems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses pneumatic pressure from air bubbles to drive the liquid flow instead of mechanical moving parts. The air-liquid interaction in the bubble-forming loop creates a hydraulic lift effect that moves water without any mechanical contact, preventing wear and solids settling issues associated with traditional pump components.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The geyser pump effectively moves large volumes of water at high velocity with minimal air usage, achieving flow rates from 10 to 200 gallons per hour, and is durable with minimal moving parts, reducing the risk of solids settling and wear.
Implementation Method 1
The buoyancy of the injected air forms air bubbles which rise rapidly in the pipe and push a portion of the liquid above the bubbles out of the pipe
Implementation Method 2
air over time is concentrated into successive bubbles, each of which may completely fill a section of a submerged pipe. Each bubble forces a large portion of the liquid above it out of the pipe such that the liquid is removed from the tank or vessel in volumetric increments
Data Source
AI summary
A geyser pump includes an air chamber having an air chamber interior, a generally U-shaped bubble-forming loop external to and disposed in fluid communication with the air chamber and a liquid delivery conduit disposed in fluid communication with the bubble-forming loop. A liquid recirculation/transfer system having an orifice disk assembly and a geyser pump is also disclosed.