Dear Art Montemayor and tu1
1-You are right, I tink I did not explain may points, as clear as you discribed it. But when we are ,as chemical engineers, talking about symetrical arangement in piping, there should be a main aim that is same pressure drop which, we can easely get in symetrical...
Dear tu1
If you want to add an identical surface condensor to the original one and if it would be installed at same level as the first one. Simply connect both inlet line via a symmetricaly designed manifold to the compressor outlet and do same for the coneecting phase to the receiver. now the...
put the transfering pump for the blowdown in cooling water return (to cooling tower)for following resons.
1- less pumping power you need. becuse of the positive pressure (CWR pressure)at the suction of your transfering pump.
2- since you are using pump to transfer the blowdown (600 psig), I...