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How Much NPSHA Is Enough Making Use of Past Data 1609841710
How Much NPSHA Is Enough Making Use of Past Data 1609841710
is Enough
Sachin Anjan,
Probite Design Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Familiar Situation in Pump Hydraulics
Naphtha Splitter Product Pump
NPSHA, m 2.5
Next few slides on
Assumed Pump C/L elevation, m 1 making best guess to
Assumed Column elevation, m 4.8 avoid rework when
vendor data is received
Required Pump NPSHR, m 1.5
Vendor A 2.1
NPSHA - NPSHR < 1 m
Vendor B 2.3 None of the Pumps
suitable
Vendor C 2.9
2
Rework → Increase column elevation
Consequences of Incorrect First Guess
Skid/Module dimensions
are going to change with
lot of rework to Piping /
Civil / Static teams
5
Can Process Engineer Determine Pump NPSHR?
◎ Answer is NO
○ Only pump vendor has dimensional details for definitive
NPSHR determination
○ It can only be determined by Test and to some extent by
CFD
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Henshaw Method
Henshaw article “NPSHA –
how much is enough”,
◎ Henshaw modified Lobanoff / Hydrocarbon Processing,
Vlaming formula October 2004, 75-76
○ Where U1 is inlet peripheral velocity
in ft/s 𝑁𝑠𝑠 = 2520 × 𝑈10.375
◎ Inlet peripheral velocity can be 𝐷𝑒 ∙ 𝑁
estimated from approximations (De 𝑈1 =
229
formula not from Henshaw article) 1
𝑄 3
◎ De is impeller eye diameter in inch, 𝐷𝑒 = 183.46 ×
𝑁
Q is flowrate in m3/s and N is
impeller rpm
4
◎ NPSHR estimated from Suction 𝑁𝑃𝑆𝐻𝑅 =
𝑟𝑝𝑚 ∙ 𝑄 3
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Performance of Methods for OH2 Pumps
Data for about 180 pumps
Yedidiah method
recommended;
Conservative most of
the times
Yedidiah method
Recommended;
Conservative most of
the times