Study on test of Gas-liquid energy conversion efficiency

Abstract

Abstract. Development of hydraulic power energy with low water head is an effective supplementation for the traditional development of hydraulic power energy. How to effectively utilize the hydraulic power energy with low water head in nature is a problem now and the gas-liquid energy conversion efficiency is crucial to solve such problem. There are lots of parameters affecting the gas-liquid energy conversion efficiency, which mutually affect each other and whose relation is also very complicated. Therefore, it is necessary to determine their best configuration through the systematic test. This article describes the effects of three factors including diameter of the pump tube, diameter of intake tube, lift and intensity of pressure of air on the gas-liquid energy conversion efficiency and obtains their rules affecting the gas-liquid energy conversion efficiency through analyzing the test data and phenomena observed during test execution.