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Process Pop Quiz 1-3: Liquid Pipeline

Design
Published on January 26, 2017

ERIC PARVIN 63 18 14
Founder / Owner / Chief Process Engineer at Parv Process Con

Hiall,here'sPopQuiz13for2017.Seethepictureaboveforadiagramofapipeline
fromaslugcatcherfacilitytoacondensatestabilizerfacility.Thepipelineis~5miles
longacrosssomehillyterrain.Thecondensatestabilizerfacilityreceivestheliquids
intoalargefeeddrum.ASSUMEthattheTVPatthedrumis150psigat100F.
Furtherassumethespecificgravityoftheliquidis0.60.7range.(Incaseyou're
wonderingIamjustmakingthesenumbersupforthepurposeofthequiz).Theslug
catcherliquidsaretypicallyat100F,soassumethesuctionpressureis150psigatthe
liquidlevellocation.Coolinginthepipelinebeforearrivingatthecondensatestabilizer
feeddrumwilldropthetemperatureto80FintheSummertimeand55FintheWinter
time.Storagepressureinthedrumwillbeatbubblepointconditions,solet'sassume
it's130psigat80Fand110psigat55F.

Thepumptakessuctionfromtheslugcatcherliquidfingersatbubblepointconditions
with~15ft.ofstaticheadfromthefingerstothepumpcenterline.AssumeNPSH
availableversusNPSHrequiredisnotanissuethereforenoproblemswithcavitation
onthepump(ifyoumust,assumeaverticalcanpumptogetridofthisissueinyour
mind).

Thecontrolvalveyouseeiscontrollingflowonthepipelineto~200USgpm,andwith
a4"sch.40pipeline,thepressuredrop/100ft=~1psi/100ft(velocity=5ft/s).With
a5milepipeline,thefrictiondropthroughthepipingisatotalof~264psi.Assumethe

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controlvalvetakesa30psidropforgoodcontroldesign.Thepumpis
originallydesignedfor300psirise(264+30=294,addinafewpsi).

Thecheckerthenlooksatthedesignandsaysthatthepumpdesignerforgottoinclude
thestaticheadNETGAIN(400ft.to300ft=100ft.netgain)asitgoesdownthe
mountain,soheadvisestheengineertoremovethestaticheadgainatthelowest
specificgravity.Thenetstaticheadgainis100ft=100/2.31*0.6psi=26psi.Sothe
pumpTDHisreducedby26psito274psiriseTDHforsizingpurposes.It'ssentoff
forprocurement,purchasedandinstalled.

Uponstartupsomeissuesoccurandtheynamethepumpaftertheengineer(certainlya
badsign)whosaiditwascheckedandrecheckedbeforeitwaspurchased,and
promisesthatit'ssizedcorrectly,andsomethingelseiswrong.

Whodoyoubelieve.Whataretheproblems,andwhatwouldyoudotofixtheissues?

(Hinttherearemorethan1setofissuesrelatedtothisproblemstatement).

OhhowIbetwewillhavefundebatesonthisone...pleasechimeinasmuchoraslittle
asyouwant.I'lltryandwrapthisoneupin8daysand"Like"whoever'sresponsesare
evenremotelygoingintherightdirection.

NextweekI'lltrytoasksomegoodquestionson2phaseand3phasepipelineflowsif
Ihavetimetoprepareone.

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ERIC PARVIN
Founder / Owner / Chief Process Engineer at Parv Process Consulting & Engineering
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Larry Duran 1d
Senior Piping Designer at Redi Engineering Services, LLC
Eric, the heck with the quiz,. when are we hitting the links?
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ERIC PARVIN 1w
Founder / Owner / Chief Process Engineer at Parv Process Consulting & Engineering

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I hope everyone has seen my "likes" on the replies. This quiz got some really good answers from
several folks that adequately answered all the questions and issues. Very nice job everyone. If anyone
wants me to detail them out myself, I can, but I do feel the replies that I liked did a more than adequate
job describing that we need to check the pressure profiles vs. the See more
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