I am designing a custom vertical air eliminator for use with viscous liquids. Similar units that I have seen all contain a vertical baffle, but there is no consistency as to which nozzle - inlet or outlet - the baffle lies closest.
On one hand, it makes sense to exit from the larger chamber...
Yes, on some devices very near the floor, we have half-pipe guards welded to the tank shell. Of course, field welds cause warranty and code compliance (UL 142, API 650) problems...
I have been catching grief for having threaded connections on bulk liquid tanks. The knock on them is that they can easily be broken (with which I agree), and that the breach will be difficult to remediate if a break occurs (which I consider less valid).
In my mind, the breakage risk is more a...
I have seen some equations and tables to determine minimum static head for vortex suppression, but I think that they apply specifically to water. I am working with more viscous fluids. Is there a method to evaluate the effect of viscosity?
Big Inch, I disagree. When the pressure at the inlet to the back pressure regulator exceeds the set point, the device opens to divert some flow back to the tank. Thus the inlet pressure is regulated, and consequently so is the pressure at the control valve, downstream from where the back...
A fluid is stored in a tank, and is fed to a particular process through a few hundred feet of pipe using a PD pump. A v-port ball valve at the process controls incoming flow, and the inlet pressure at the ball valve is limited by a back pressure regulator at the storage tank. The set point of...
nationalpump, hydraulically, I think it works fine. Energy usage and product heating issues are nudging me toward two dedicated pumps, though. In the one pump concept, I know that the pump would recycle while the other process sits idle quite a bit. I see that as a big waste of energy, and...
BigInch, I think that you are right on with the heating aspect. I thought of that as soon as I posted, and I don't think that I want to go there.
I'm not sure I understand your point about the head being similar for the two processes. The flows I mentioned are based on hydraulic analysis of...
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I plan to use a centrifugal pump to mix the contents of a storage tank by recycling 590 gpm. I am also considering using this same pump to deliver 40 gpm to a process. To enable this, I would bypass 560 gpm back into the tank. This approach would save a pump purchase, some piping, and an...
Perhaps I have inadequately described the proposed installation.
The regulator would be installed on a leg between the pump discharge and the storage tank. When the regulator sees pressure greater than the set point, it would dump back into the tank, thus regulating pressure at the process.
I would appreciate help in estimating the time required for the contents of an insulated liquid storage tank to cool from a know maximum temp. to a known minimum temp.
The ultimate goal is to determine the number of heating pads to install. I have easily determined the number of pads needed to...