A Numerical Study on the Supersonic Steam Ejector Use in Steam Turbine System

Table 1

Summary of ejector research using CFD software compared with experimental results.

Auto	Working fluids	State equation	Numerical method	Inlet pressure (range)	Error range
Eames et al. [5]	Water steam	Ideal gas model	1D model	0.3615 MPa	22.6~32.25%
Huang et al. [6]	R141b	Ideal gas model	1D model	0.4–0.6 MPa	0.56~22.9%
Rusly et al. [9]	R141b	Ideal gas model	FLUENT	0.4–0.6 MPa	−5.82~5.11%
Pietrowicz and Kasperski [10]	Water steam	IAPWS-IF97	CFX	0.474 KPa	1.3~8.2%
Sriveerakul et al. [11]	Water steam	Ideal gas model	FLUENT	0.27 Mpa	−1.89~12.9%
Pianthong et al. [12]	Water steam	Ideal gas model	FLUENT	0.3615 MPa	1%~13.4%
Scott et al. [13]	R245fa	NIST	PHOENICS	0.4–0.6 MPa	−4.9~10.6%