what is the booster pumps?
what is the booster pumps?
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when can we titled a pump as a booster pump? what is the purpose of term " booster " ?
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RE: what is the booster pumps?
JMW
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RE: what is the booster pumps?
RE: what is the booster pumps?
One example of boosting the pressure is raising the NPSHA as mentioned.
I designed a process that required that the fluid (a bottoms product from a distillation column) pass to a separation vessel. From that vessel the bottoms product needed to flow to a storage vessel over one mile away. The first pump did not produce enough head so a booster pump was used for the remaining distance.
A third example is in fire fighting. Many municipalities supply fire water at pressure P1. A higher head may be required to impulse the water to the fire. Fire trucks have a booster pump to raise the water pressure as required.
RE: what is the booster pumps?
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Morten
RE: what is the booster pumps?
RE: what is the booster pumps?
The 2. example given by chemebabak - why is that not just a pump. All pumps "boosts" the pressure - so by that definition all pumps are booster pumps.
With regards to "midpoint": If you have a hig speed water inject pump that discharges at 250 barg and has a NPSHr=8 barg - then a booster pump shall deliver 125 barg (c.f. the definition by chemebabak)? I think not! The booster pump shall deliver at around 10-12 barg so that the main pump can deliver the main of the head.
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Morten
RE: what is the booster pumps?
your definition of a booster pump is a very narrow one that is used to increase the NPSHA of a pumping system.
In a long pipe line application, booster pump stations are often installed where a single pump is not viable in terms of head and also to reduce pipe line pressure rating.
A pump is pump until the user gave it a name based on the function it is require to performed in a process.
e.g
a "pump that pumps out bottoms product from a distillation column is often refer to as "bottom pump" in the data sheet. The pump that feed the crude to the column is known as Charge pump.