DESIGN CALCULATION

Pump NPSH Calculation

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1. Input Data

A. Fluid Properties
Fluid media TEG 60%
Flow rate F = 60000.00 kg/h
Operating temperature T in = 85 degC
Density at operating temperature ρ = 1055.57 kg/m3
Viscosity at operating temperature μ = 0.0024 Pa.s

B. Suction Line Properties

Overall pipe length L = 2 m
Nominal size NPS = 3"
Outside diameter OD = 88.9 mm
Thickness thc = 3.05 mm
Inside diameter ID = 82.8 mm
Cross sectional area Ac = 0.005385 m2

Pipe type = Drawn tubing

Roughness ε = 0.0015 mm

C. Suction Line Components

Components Quantity L/D

Bend 90 1 20
Bend 45 0 16
Ball valve 2 10
Butterfly valve 0 30
Gate valve 0 15
Globe valve 0 300
Check valve 0 130
Y-strainer 1 250
(another component)

D. Tank Pressure and Elevation Data

Tank operating pressure P0 = Atmospheric
Elevation from tank Low Level Liquid to pump suction h_L = 1.2 m

2. Calculation

A. Head Loss by Pipe Friction

Flow rate F = 60000 kg/h
Volumetric flow rate Q = 56.84 m3/h
Fluid velocity in pipe v = 2.93 m/s
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Fluid Reynold number NRe = 108887

Reynold criteria Turbulence

Now friction factor are approximate by modified Colebrook formula that given by S.E.
Haaland (1983) :

1/√𝑓 = -1.8log (6.9/𝑁_𝑅𝑒 +

(𝜀/(3.7 𝐼𝐷))^1.11 )

Friction factor f = 0.0176

Head loss due to pipe friction are calculate using d'Arcy formula:
ℎ_𝑓 =
(4𝑓𝐿
𝑣^2)/2𝑔𝐼𝐷
Head loss due pipe friction hf = 0.7454

B. Head Loss by Fittings and Components

Head loss by fitting are calculate by following formula :
ℎ_𝑐 = (𝑓
𝑣^2)/2𝑔
(𝐿/𝐷)
Components Quantity hc (m)
Bend 90 1 0.154
Bend 45 0 0.000
Ball valve 2 0.154
Butterfly valve 0 0.000
Gate valve 0 0.000
Globe valve 0 0.000
Check valve 0 0.000
Y-strainer 1 1.929

Total Head Loss by Fitting and Components 2.237

C. Vapor Pressure Head

Vapor pressure of the fluid at specified temperature are calculated by Antoine
equation :

ln⁡〖𝑃 =𝐴 −
𝐵/(𝑇+𝐶) 〗
With A, B, and C are Antoine's constant
Parameter A A = 16.21
Parameter B B = 3883.18
Parameter C C = 229.12
Vapor pressure P_vap = 47.052 kPa
Vapor pressure head Hv = 4.55 m
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D. Atmospheric Head
Atmospheric pressure head h0 = 9.67 m

3. Results

Net Positive Suction Head of the system are calculated by summation of operating and
elevation head minus friction, component loss, and vapor head :

𝑁𝑃𝑆𝐻= ℎ_0+ ℎ_𝐿− ℎ_𝑓− ℎ_𝑐− ℎ_𝑣

h0

LLL

hL

To Pump
hc Discharge

hf

Atmospheric pressure head h0 = 9.67 m

Elevation head h0 = 1.20 m
Pipe friction head hf = 0.75 m
Component loss head hc = 2.24 m
Vapor pressure head hv = 4.55 m
Net positive suction head (NPSH) NPSH = 3.34 m

Pump Flowrate vs NPSH

4.5
4.0
3.34
3.5
3.0
NPSH (m)

2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150

Flowrate (m3/h)

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Coefficient properties of the fluid
Constant coefficients
Parameters Unit aT4 bT3 cT2 dT
Density ρ kg/m3 9.93E-09 -4.01E-06 -1.80E-03 -4.98E-01
Viscosity μ Pa.s 1.75E-10 -8.32E-08 1.39E-05 -9.81E-04

Fluid Tri Ethylene Glicol (TEG) 60%

Temperature 85 degC
Density 1055.57 kg/m3
Viscosity 0.002 Pa.s

Antoine Parameter
A B C
16.21324 3883.184 229.123

A 16.2132357287787
B 3883.18386032636
C 229.122953247702
Vapor pressure 47.05 kPa
 Coefficient properties of the air
Constant coefficients of air
e Parameters Unit aT4 bT3 cT2
1.11E+03 Density ρ kg/m3 2.52E-10 -9.74E-08 1.90E-05
2.72E-02 Specific hea Cp J/(kg degC) 3.81E-08 -2.17E-06 -1.32E-03
Viscosity μ Pa.s -1.31E-16 8.64E-14 -4.39E-11
Thermal con k W/(m degC) 8.96E-16 4.79E-12 -2.52E-08
Thermal exp β 1/degC 4.52E-13 -2.19E-10 5.48E-08

Temperatu 35 degC
Density 1.147 kg/m3
Specific he 1008.7 J/(kg degC)
Viscosity 0.00002 Pa.s
Thermal co 0.02625 W/(m degC)
Thermal ex 0.00327 1/degC
Thermal di 0.00000
air
dT e
-4.58E-03 1.29E+00
1.57E-01 1.00E+03
4.87E-08 1.73E-05
7.56E-05 2.36E-02
-1.38E-05 3.69E-03
 Flowrate
Constant properties
Operating temperature 85.0 degC (kg/h)
Density at operating temperature 1055.567 kg/m3 10
Viscosity at operating temperature 0.002 Pa.s 20
30
Overall pipe length 2.000 m 40
Inside diameter 82.8 mm 50
Cross sectional area 0.00538 m2 60
Roughness 0.0015 mm 70
80
90
100
110
Current flowrateCurrent NPSH 120
60 3.34 130
140
150

4.5000
4.0000
3.34
3.5000
3.0000
Axis Title

2.5000
2.0000 NPSH
1.5000 current
1.0000
0.5000
0.0000
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
Axis Title
 Volume Reynold friction friction component vapor press. elevation
Flowrate Velocity
Flowrate Number factor head head head head
(kg/h) (m3/h) (m/s) (m) (m) (m) (m)
10000 9.474 0.489 18147.84 0.026411 0.0311 2.237 4.55 1.2
20000 18.947 0.977 36295.68 0.022326 0.1051 2.237 4.55 1.2
30000 28.421 1.466 54443.52 0.020368 0.2158 2.237 4.55 1.2
40000 37.894 1.955 72591.37 0.019134 0.3605 2.237 4.55 1.2
50000 47.368 2.444 90739.21 0.018256 0.5374 2.237 4.55 1.2
60000 56.841 2.932 108887 0.017585 0.7454 2.237 4.55 1.2
70000 66.315 3.421 127034.9 0.017047 0.9835 2.237 4.55 1.2
80000 75.789 3.910 145182.7 0.016603 1.2511 2.237 4.55 1.2
90000 85.262 4.398 163330.6 0.016226 1.5475 2.237 4.55 1.2
100000 94.736 4.887 181478.4 0.015901 1.8722 2.237 4.55 1.2
110000 104.209 5.376 199626.3 0.015617 2.2248 2.237 4.55 1.2
120000 113.683 5.865 217774.1 0.015364 2.6049 2.237 4.55 1.2
130000 123.157 6.353 235921.9 0.015138 3.0122 2.237 4.55 1.2
140000 132.630 6.842 254069.8 0.014934 3.4462 2.237 4.55 1.2
150000 142.104 7.331 272217.6 0.014748 3.9069 2.237 4.55 1.2

1/√𝑓 = -1.8log (6.9/𝑁_𝑅𝑒 +

(𝜀/(3.7 𝐼𝐷))^1.11 )

NPSH
current
ℎ_𝑓 =
(4𝑓𝐿
𝑣^2)/2𝑔𝐼𝐷
160
operational
NPSH
press. head
(m) (m)
9.67 4.0502
9.67 3.9761
9.67 3.8654
9.67 3.7208
9.67 3.5439
9.67 3.3359
9.67 3.0978
9.67 2.8302
9.67 2.5338
9.67 2.2090
9.67 1.8564
9.67 1.4763
9.67 1.0691
9.67 0.6350
9.67 0.1744
 60% 60%

T degC Rho T degC Myu (cP) Myu (Pa s) T degC

0 1113 0 29.6 0.0296 5
5 1110 5 22.7 0.0227 10
10 1108 10 17.6 0.0176 15
15 1105 15 13.1 0.0131 20
20 1102 20 11.2 0.0112 25
25 1099 25 9.67 0.00967 30
30 1096 30 8.36 0.00836 40
40 1090 40 6.33 0.00633 50
50 1083 50 4.91 0.00491 60
60 1076 60 3.82 0.00382 70
70 1068 70 3.04 0.00304 80
80 1060 80 2.44 0.00244 90
90 1051 90 1.99 0.00199 100
100 1042 100 1.64 0.00164 120
120 1022 120 1.14 0.00114 140
140 1001 140 0.83 0.00083 160
160 977 160 0.62 0.00062 180
180 952 180 0.47 0.00047 200
200 925 200 0.37 0.00037
 y x1 x2
kPa (ln P) 1/T ln(P)/T
0.6895 -0.3718 0.2000 -0.0744 9.928507E-09 -4.011641E-06
0.9653 -0.0353 0.1000 -0.0035 5.816813E-09 2.3040146E-06
1.3790 0.3214 0.0667 0.0214 0.9999876022 0.2264110476
1.8617 0.6215 0.0500 0.0311
2.5512 0.9365 0.0400 0.0375
3.3785 1.2174 0.0333 0.0406
5.9297 1.7800 0.0250 0.0445 1.7467347E-10 -8.324535E-08
9.9978 2.3024 0.0200 0.0460 3.2778001E-11 1.2983225E-08
16.2033 2.7852 0.0167 0.0464 0.9815615373 0.0012758364
25.3736 3.2337 0.0143 0.0462
38.6120 3.6536 0.0125 0.0457
57.2285 4.0471 0.0111 0.0450 -229.12295325 -168.35940845
82.7400 4.4157 0.0100 0.0442 2.9224257332 1.7582705603
162.7220 5.0920 0.0083 0.0424 0.9987651021 0.0905325079
297.1745 5.6943 0.0071 0.0407
510.2300 6.2349 0.0063 0.0390
830.1580 6.7216 0.0056 0.0373
1291.4335 7.1635 0.0050 0.0358 a2 -229.12295325
a1 -168.35940845
a0 16.213235729

AC 3714.8244519
AC-B -168.35940845
B 3883.1838603
-0.001800623 -0.49786826 1112.8407
0.0002945449 0.0133313718 0.1616585
#N/A #N/A #N/A

1.391273E-05 -0.000980587 0.0271891

1.659774E-06 7.512287E-05 0.000911
#N/A #N/A #N/A

16.213235729
0.1538124866
#N/A

-C A 16.213236
(AC-B) B 3883.1839
A C 229.12295
Sch 10s ASME Pipe
NPS OD thickness ID
1" 33.4 2.77 27.86
1.5" 48.3 2.77 42.76
2" 60.3 2.77 54.76
2.5" 73 3.05 66.9
3" 88.9 3.05 82.8
4" 114.3 3.05 108.2
5" 141.3 3.4 134.5
6" 168.3 3.4 161.5
8" 219.1 3.76 211.58
0
0

Pipe type Roughness Unit

Smooth pipe 0.00006 mm
Drawn tubing 0.0015 mm
Commercial steel 0.046 mm
Galvanized iron 0.15 mm

Insulation thickness
0
25
30
40
50
70
90
100
Pipe material
Density Thermal conductivity
Material
(kg/m3) (W/m degC)
Stainless steel 7930 14.9
Carbon steel
Galvanized steel

Insulation material
Density Thermal conductivity
Material
(kg/m3) (W/m degC)
Rockwool 8000 0.034
Mineral wool
Glass wool
0.5" 21.3 2.11
0.75" 26.7 2.11
1" 33.4 2.77
1.5" 48.3 2.77
2" 60.3 2.77
2.5" 73 3.05
3" 88.9 3.05
4" 114.3 3.05
5" 141.3 3.4
6" 168.3 3.4
8" 219.1 3.76