bockris
Petroleum
- Mar 17, 2004
- 1
I’m trying to calculate the increased flowrate that would result from adding a booster pump. We have a 1 ½ mile (measured between SCADA meters) 8” pipeline that runs at approximately 1550 bbl/hr when the sending tank (20 yards upstream from only pump) is full (45 ft of API 30) and the receiving tank is empty. Under these conditions pressure at the sending SCADA meter (20 yards downstream from the only pump) is 145 psig and pressure at the receiving SCADA meter (50 yards upstream from the receiving tank) is 5 psig. The pipeline is 8” between the two meters; the rest of the system is 12”. The plan is to add a second pump on the receiving side between the SCADA meter and the receiving tank. From experience this second pump will achieve a flowrate of 3000 bbl/hr with an inlet pressure of 5 psig (nearby sending tank with approx. 13 ft of API 30) and an empty receiving tank. How would I go about estimating the increase in flow (if any) from this new setup?