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PUMP SIZING CALCULATION


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Pump is a most common equipment used in a chemical plant to transfer fluid from one location to another. This article shows how to do pump sizing calculation to
determine di erential head required to be generated by pump based on suction and discharge conditions.

Suction Pressure
Pressure at pump suction is calculated as following

PSuct. = P1 + Pstatic - PEquipment - Pfriction

where,

P1 is pressure at liquid surface in suction vessel.


Pstatic is pressure due to height of liquid level above pump suction.
PEquipment is pressure drop in an equipment at pump suction like strainers, filters etc.
Pfriction is pressure drop due to suction pipe and fittings.

Pstatic

Pstatic (psi) = h1.(SG)/2.31


Pstatic (bar) = h1..g/100000

where, h1 is height of liquid above pump suction, SG is specific gravity of liquid, is liquid density (kg/m) and g is gravitational constant (9.81).

Pfriction

Pfriction = PPipe + PFittings

PPipe is pressure drop in a pipe due to single phase fluid flow (https://cheguide.com/2015/08/single-phase-fluid-flow-pressure-drop/). PFittings is pressure drop due to pipe
fittings, which can be calculated based on 2-K & 3-K method (https://cheguide.com/2015/09/pipe-fitting-losses/).

Discharge Pressure
Pressure at pump discharge is calculated as following

PDisch. = P2 + Pstatic + PEquipment + Pfriction

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where,

P2 is pressure at liquid surface in discharge vessel.


Pstatic is pressure due to height of liquid level above pump suction.
PEquipment is pressure drop in equipment at pump discharge like heat exchangers, control valve, flowmeter, valves etc.
Pfriction is pressure drop due to suction pipe and fittings.

Pstatic

Pstatic (psi) = h2.(SG)/2.31


Pstatic (bar) = h2..g/100000

where, h2 is height of liquid above pump suction at which liquid is to be discharged.

Pfriction is calculated in similar way as mentioned above for discharge piping.

Differential Head
Di erential head required to be generated by pump is calculated as following.

Head (ft) = (PDisch. - PSuct.)*2.31/SG


Head (m) = (PDisch. - PSuct.)*100000/(.g)

Hydraulic Power
Hydraulic power is calculated as following.

Power (bhp) = Head(ft) * Flow(gpm) * SG / 3960


Power (kW) = Head(m) * Flow(m/h) * SG * g / 3600

NPSH Available
Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH) available is calculated as following.

NPSH Avail.(ft) = (PSuct. - PVapor)* 2.31 / SG


NPSH Avail.(m) = (PSuct. - PVapor)* 100000 / (.g)

where, PVapor is vapor pressure of liquid at suction vessel temperature.

System Head Curve


System head curve is a graphical representation of the relationship between flow and hydraulic losses in a given piping system. It is prepared by calculating di erential head
as specified above at di erent flow. The intersection of the pump manufacturers curve with system curve defines the operating point of the pump.

Pump curve and system curve can be fitted into a second order polynomial. Operating point is calculated by solving these equations for positive roots.

Web based calculation available at CheCalc.com (https://checalc.com/calc/pump.html)

Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet for Pump Sizing Calculation (https://cheguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Pump_Sizing_Calculation.xlsx)

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