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Pump suction Strainers Pressure Drop

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Sawsan311

Chemical
Jun 21, 2019
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Dear All,

As there are various types of pump suction strainers such as basket, Tee and Y type strainers which vary with respect to the need for automated flushing through blowdown, tolerance for heavy fouling services etc. What is the typical maximum allowable pressure drop which a designer need to account for a Tee strainer in determining the pump's NPSHA at the early design stage. Knowing that Crane considered around 35 D equivalent length for a suction Tee strainer, however when I compared such consideration to actual pump suction strainer vendor's pressure drop as 0.4 barg, I see that if the designer relies on specifying the strainer as a normal fitting without accounting for higher pressure drop contingency, there could be significant difference in the suction pressure calculated.
Therefore, for a typical low emulsion crude application, what should be the pressure drop contingency to be considered for suction Tee type strainer of a pump?

Appreciate your valuable views.
 
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A normal assumption for a strainer pressure drop is about 0.1 bar clean, 0.5 dirty.

That's why suction strainers on systems with low inlet pressure / marginal NPSHA are not normally used.

So it's a bit of a risk about your pump, but better than it destroying itself due to cavitation due to a dirty strainer no one bothers to clean or even check to see if it needs cleaning.

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