Vacuum steam
Ejectors differ from conventional compressors in that they have no moving parts. Instead, the vacuum ejector working principle is based on the Ejector-Venturi principle, in which the pressure of a driving fluid like gas, steam, or water transforms into velocity that entrains a secondary fluid. As the mixture enters the Venturi diffuser, its velocity is transformed into pressure that's strong enough to discharge against an established back pressure.
Thermocompressors are a type of steam ejector used to increase energy efficiency by recovering the energy in low-pressure waste steam. This low-pressure exhaust from evaporators, cookers, and other process equipment is typically vented to the atmosphere or condensed in cooling towers. Meanwhile, other plant operations may require or use intermediate-pressure steam for other applications vs. exhaust that Baelz thermocompressors can take advantage of.
Thermocompressors are a specialized type of steam ejector that make it possible to reclaim or reuse low-pressure steam that would otherwise be lost to the atmosphere – including all the energy that’s still in it They boost low-pressure steam to a higher pressure so it can be redirected to other systems, including space or water heating, evaporation, distillation, or vacuum creation.
