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Reciprocating-jet Pump

Nature volume 213, pages 318–319 (1967)Cite this article

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A PUMP designed to operate with corrosive liquids at extremely high temperatures will usually be constructed from refractory oxides and hence, if possible, must not rely on solid moving parts such as valves, pistons and rotors. A simple method of achieving this is to make use of some non-reciprocal hydrodynamic effect.

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  1. The General Electric Company, Ltd., Central Research Laboratories, Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, England

    A. J. WALKDEN

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WALKDEN, A. Reciprocating-jet Pump. Nature 213, 318–319 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213318a0

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