The document discusses liquid ring and rotary vane vacuum pumps and systems. It explains that the main function of a vacuum pump is to handle air leakage and non-condensables from a process or evacuate a chamber from atmospheric pressure to a certain vacuum level. It also provides formulas for calculating inlet capacity of vacuum pumps based on standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM) and actual cubic feet per minute (ACFM) given pressure and temperature conditions.
The document discusses liquid ring and rotary vane vacuum pumps and systems. It explains that the main function of a vacuum pump is to handle air leakage and non-condensables from a process or evacuate a chamber from atmospheric pressure to a certain vacuum level. It also provides formulas for calculating inlet capacity of vacuum pumps based on standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM) and actual cubic feet per minute (ACFM) given pressure and temperature conditions.
The document discusses liquid ring and rotary vane vacuum pumps and systems. It explains that the main function of a vacuum pump is to handle air leakage and non-condensables from a process or evacuate a chamber from atmospheric pressure to a certain vacuum level. It also provides formulas for calculating inlet capacity of vacuum pumps based on standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM) and actual cubic feet per minute (ACFM) given pressure and temperature conditions.
The document discusses liquid ring and rotary vane vacuum pumps and systems. It explains that the main function of a vacuum pump is to handle air leakage and non-condensables from a process or evacuate a chamber from atmospheric pressure to a certain vacuum level. It also provides formulas for calculating inlet capacity of vacuum pumps based on standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM) and actual cubic feet per minute (ACFM) given pressure and temperature conditions.
The main function of a vacuum pump is to either handle air
leakage and/or non-condensables from the process, or to evacuate a chamber from atmospheric pressures to a certain vacuum level. Often the air or non-condensable will be saturated with water or other process vapors.
CALCULATION AND MEASURMENT OF INLET
CAPACITY
SCFM = Capacity measured at standard conditions
(14.7 psia – 29.92” Hg – 760 Torr at 68o F) ACFM = Capacity measured at inlet conditions = SCFM X 760 / P X T / 530 ACFM = W X 359 / MW X 760 / P X T / 492