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Record 1 2015-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Tools (Water Supply)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

An airlift pump is a pump that has low suction and moderate discharge of liquid and entrained solids. The pump injects compressed air at the bottom of the discharge pipe which is immersed in the liquid. The compressed air mixes with the liquid causing the air-water mixture to be less dense than the rest of the liquid around it and therefore is displaced upwards through the discharge pipe by the surrounding liquid of higher density.

Key term(s)
  • airlift
  • air lift pump

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage (Alimentation en eau)
  • Traitement des eaux
DEF

Pompe, utilisée pour le dessablage lors du traitement de l'eau, qui injecte de l'air dans une colonne de refoulement ou d'aspiration, de manière à réduire la densité du fluide à cet endroit, ce qui entraîne un mouvement ascendant de ce dernier en raison de la poussée du fluide plus dense qui l'entoure.

Key term(s)
  • airlift

Spanish

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