STUDY ON CHARACTERISTICS OF A DOWNHOLE VORTEX JET PUMP

Abstract

This article analyzes the possibility of increasing the efficiency of using downhole jet pumps by swirling the injected flow. To analyze the peculiarities of the local swirling of injected flow, design and technological parameters in the form of the inclination angle of guiding elements, the diameter of the helical trajectory described by the fluid particles, and the flow rates of the swirling flow are studied. Based on the application of the conservation law of fluid momentum in adjacent jets with a parabolic pressure distribution, equations to determine the pressure characteristic of a jet pump are obtained, taking into account the additional dynamic pressure made by swirling the injected flow. In the process of analyzing the obtained relations, has been set the dependence of the relative pressure growth and the efficiency of the ejection system under the conditions of injected flow swirling on the relative flow rate of a jet pump, and an inversely proportional dependence of the above parameters on its main geometric parameter in the form of the ratio of cross-sectional areas of the mixing chamber and the nozzle.