The scenario is this --- PD pumps (Gaso triplex plunger) pump crude oil via a 6" pipeline into a breakout tank (crude gathering system). From this point, 2 centrifugal pumps in series (mult-stage pipeline pumps) are used to draw from the tank (using a booster pump) and into another pipeline...
I am told by field personnel that a vertical multi-stage pump (can) cavitates when pumping butane from a bullet tank, but does not cavitate when pumping propane from the same bullet tank (they are basing this on sound by the pump). This problem is worse in the winter. I understand the vapor...
