Gas lift or Bubble pumps use the artificial lift technique of raising a fluid such as water or oil by introducing bubbles of compressed air, water vapor or other vaporous bubbles into the outlet tube. This has the effect of reducing the hydrostatic pressure in the outlet tube vs. the hydrostatic pressure at the inlet side of the tube.
Devices using gas lift:
- Coffee percolators use vaporized water to lift hot water
- Airlift pumps uses compressed air to lift water
- Pulser pumps use a subterranean chamber of air for an airlift pump
- Suction dredges use an airlift pump to vacuum mud, sand and debris
- Mist lift pumps uses vaporized water to lift seawater in Ocean thermal energy conversion
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