Ejectors

Huy Nguyen
E240
04/22/2014
Overview
What are ejectors?
Applications
Ejector Pumps
Ejector Nozzles
Past and Current Research
Thrust Augmentation
Noise Reduction
Eject!
https://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1130369
Goose!
http://www.topgunday.com/wp-content/gallery/top-gun/maverick-holding-goose-in-water-after-flat-spin.jpg
Ejector Pumps
Pump with no moving parts
Operates according to Bernoullis principle

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Ejector_or_Injector.png
In Aeronautics
Entrainment of secondary flow by primary flow
Operation dependent on viscous forces, not pressure forces

Thrust Augmentation
Increased efficiency, especially at supersonic velocities
Control Volume Analysis
Ejector pumping




Control Volume Analysis (cont.)
Thrust augmentation

Control Volume Analysis (cont.)
Thrust augmentation with forward flight


Control Volume Analysis (cont.)
Thrust augmentation with
forward flight and loss effects
Shroud losses
Lobed nozzle losses
Secondary flow losses
Compressibility effects


CFD, Small and Full-scale Testing
Noise Reduction
Jet engines are loud
Sustained exposure leading to hearing loss, 90-95 dB
Pain begins, 125 dB
Jet engine, 140 dB
OSHA recommended daily exposure, 0.25 hours for 125 dB


Noise Reduction (cont.)
Variable ejector parameters
Ejector diameter ratio
Ejector length
Spacing distance

Noise Reduction (cont.)
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Noise Reduction (cont.)
Noise Reduction (cont.)
References
Hunter, C., Reynolds, G., & W. Presz, Jr. (2002). Thrust Augmentation with
Mixer/Ejector Systems. 40
th
AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20030003827.

Callaghan, Edmund E., Coles, Willard D., & Mihaloew, John A. (1958). Turbotjet
Engine Noise Reduction with Mixing Nozzle-Ejector Combinations. NACA
Technical Note 4317.
http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc57100/.