CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwhenEJECTORSIPERFORMANCETESTCODESCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwNopartofthisdocumentmaybereproducedinanyform,inanelectronicretrievalsystemorotherwise,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthepublisher.THEAMERICANSOCIETYOFMECHANICALENGINEERSCopyright01976byAllRightsReservedPrintedinU.S.A.CopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.Uncontrolledw.FOREWORDThePerformanceTestCodesCommitteeofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineersrecognizedtheneedforatestcodecoveringsteamjetejectors.Accordingly,in1948,PerformanceTestCodeCommitteeNo.24wasorganizedtopreparesuchacode.Thetestingofsteamjetejectorshadbeencoveredtosomeextentpreviouslyinthetestcodecoveringsurfacecondensers.Thespecialproblemsinvolvedinejectortestingandthefactthatejectorsfindtheirgreatestapplicationinindustrialprocessfieldsratherthaninthepowerplant,requiredaseparatecodeforthistypeofequipment.TheoriginalCodewasapprovedbythePerformanceTestCodesCommitteeinMay,1956andadoptedbytheCouncilasastandardpracticeoftheSocietybytheactionoftheBoardonCodesandStandardsinJune,1956.InOctober,1969,PerformanceTestCodeCommitteeNo.24wasreorganizedforthepurposeofpreparingarevisedCodewhichwouldbemoreapplicabletotheartinitspresentstateofdevelopment.ThisrevisedCodeincludesejectorsoperatedwithmotivefluidsotherthansteamandwasapprovedbythePerformanceTestCodesCommitteeonSeptember26,1975andadoptedbytheCouncilasastandardpracticeoftheSocietybyactionofthePolicyBoardonCodesandStandardsonNovember17,1975.PTC24-EjectorsasanAmericanNationalStandard.OnFebruary24,1976,the...
