Good Afternoon, first post here looking for help designing a pump skid. Customer requires a skid with two self priming centrifugal pumps (one on standby). Pumps will be mounted on the deck of a barge and pumping out of four tanks below through a common header. Pumps were sized accordingly from the manufacturer to satisfy the suction lift, flow rates etc. My question is with the suction of the pump being 4” and the suction piping in the tanks being 4” how should the suction header be sized to avoid pumps getting cavitation? Also any information regarding piping layout would be appreciated as far as rules on the suction side of centrifugal pumps as far as pipe diameters of straight piping ETC.
Thanks in Advance
Thanks in Advance
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