Halliburton Pump Intake Pressure

[RolandMassinon]

I have an application with a Halliburton HT-400 pump with 5 1/2" liners being fed from a pressurized water supply and need to know what the maximum rated suction pressure is for the pump to ensure we do not over pressure the pump. I have searched the web but have found no information opn the pressure rating of the pump inlet manifold.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[DubMac]

I don't have an exact value for you; Halliburton would be the best place to go, but I seriously doubt you can do any damage by "over-pressuring" the pump.

If the pressure going into the suction manifold gets above a certain level, it will overcome the force of the spring holding the suction valve closed, lift it off of the seat and pressure up the pump chamber. It will then try to lift up the discharge valve against whatever pressure there is on the other side. If it does lift discharge valve, then the charge pump will just flow through the HT-400 without causing any damage.

If the discharge line is closed or has a larger pressure on it than the charge pump can overcome, then your pump chamber will see whatever the deadhead pressure your charge pump puts out. That is not going to be a problem since the pump chamber is designed to see the full discharge pressure that the HT400 can put out (surely much greater than whatever your charge pump can put out).

Or is it? Certainly you are using a centrifugal to charge the HT-400 and not another Positive Displacement pump?
Can you share any detail on your charge pump setup? Type pump, rated flow & pressure? Is it setup to turn on and off with the HT400?

I can't imagine a few hundred measly PSI doing anything to that massive chunk of iron which is the HT400.

 

[RolandMassinon]

It is being fed from a large pressurized tank that has gas pressure on it. My concern is simply the pressure rating of the inlet manifold which I agree is probably fine but I just need confirmation.

 

[DubMac]

How much pressure are you talking about?

 

[micalbrch]

Why don't you just call Halliburton? It will take much less time than waiting for the correct answer here unless somebody here works for Halliburton.

 

[LittleInch]

Why don't you look at either the line list, the flange rating or check the wall thickness of the inlet manifold? Doesn't sound to me like it is anything to do with the pump.... If it is supplied as a skid, the inlet piping will be custom designed - you need to find the data above or find the original skid design data / test data

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