Jet Pump

Prepared by- sagar patel

Guided by- Mr.Brijesh naik
 Jet Pump
• Combination of a surface centrifugal pump,
nozzle and venturi arrangement.
• Used in small dia bore wells.
• Simple design
• Low purchase and maintenance cost.
• Easy accessibility to all moving parts.
• Low efficiency.
 To Pressure Tank
Jet Pump
Schematic Diagram
-Increases practical suction
lift by diverting part of the
Pressure Pipe (Return Flow)
pump discharge to the
Lift Pipe (Upward Flow)
ejector on the lift pipe
-The greater the suction lift,
Jet Ejector (Venturi)
the greater the percentage
of discharge water must be
Nozzle
diverted
-Maximum practical lift is
limited to approximately Intake Pipe
200 feet by economics
Water
 Jet Pump Installations
Deep-Well Jet Pump
Shallow-Well Jet Pump
(Two-Pipe System)
• The difference between a deep-well jet pump and a shallow-
well jet pump is the location of the ejector.
• On a shallow-well jet pump the ejector kit (jet nozzle and
venturi) is located in the pump housing in front of the
impeller. A portion of the suction water is recirculated through
the ejector with the rest going to the pressure tank. With the
ejector located on the suction side of the pump, the suction is
increased considerably.
• The deep-well ejector is located in the well below the water
level. The deep-well ejector works in the same way as the
shallow-well ejector. Water is supplied to it under
pressure from the pump. The ejector then returns the water
plus an additional supply from the well, to a level where the
centrifugal pump can lift it the rest of the way by suction.
 How a jet provides pumping action?
Water is supplied to the Jet ejector
under pressure. Water surrounding
the jet stream is lifted and carried
up the pipe as a result of the jet
action.

When a jet is used with a

centrifugal pump a portion of the
water delivered by the pump is
returned to the jet ejector to operate
it. The jet lifts water from the well
to a level where the centrifugal
pump can finish lifting It by
suction.
Deep-Well Jet Pump Ejector Units
Two-Pipe System

Well Cap

Return Pipe
Lift Pipe
(w/ Venturi)

Nozzle

Foot Valve

Intake Strainer
 Literature review
• Maximum suction lift of water jet pumps
Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (2011)
Iran E. Lima Neto

Abstract
• This paper describes an experimental study on water jet pumps with
different diameters and nozzle-to-throat area ratios. The results
revealed that the area ratio was an important parameter to
characterize the maximum suction lift of the jet pumps, while their
diameters had a negligible effect.
 Results and discussions
• A schematic of the jet pumps tested in this study is shown in Fig. 1. The jet
pumps were built from PVC with different nominal diameters (D), nozzle-
to-throat area ratios (R), among other dimensions presented in Table 1
• The tests started with all valves open. The experimental conditions included motive
pressure heads (Pm) of 10 – 50 m,suction lifts or pressure heads (Ps) of 1.4 – 1.6 m,
discharge pressure heads (Pd) of 3.2 – 12 m, motive flow rates (Qm) of 0.4 – 1.7 l/s,
and suction flow rates (Qs) of 0.0 –0.7 l/s.

b
a

c
 Conclusions
• It can be seen in Figs. (a) and (c) that both Qm and Pd increase
consistently with Pm. On the other hand, Fig.(b) shows that the maximum
suction lift Ps increases with Pm until it becomes approximately constant
and equal to 9 m. It is interesting to observe that similar behaviours were
obtained with the jet pumps with the same nozzle-to-throat area ratios (R)
but with different nominal diameters (D). This suggests that R is an
important parameter to characterize the maximum suction lift of water jet
pumps.
• The nozzle-to-throat area ratio was found to be an important geometrical
parameter to characterize the maximum suction lift of the jet pumps, while
their nominal diameter had a negligible impact.