Paper: The Jet Free Pump-Proper Application Through Computer Calculated Operating Charts

Extensive Jet Pump field operating experience has shown that the Jet Pump is a viable method of deep well pumping. Properly applying this pump to a given well installation involves 14 factors relating to the well and its production characteristics, and involves determining the optimum pump nozzle and throat size required to do the most effective job. Since many of the production characteristics of a well are interdependent, many reiterative calculations are required to determine the proper nozzle and throat size for each producing condition. The computer is the only practical method for using the producing conditions to make the many calculations that are required to generate an accurate and easily understood Jet Pump Operating Chart. This paper shows the factors involved and their effect upon Jet Pump operation.