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Sizing Chart for S5 & S6 Separators

Steam Sizing Chart


6"
22,000
Sizing Example

Separator Size
11,000 4"
1. Taking a steam pressure of 180 psig and flow
rate of 1100 lb/h draw line A-A. 3"
2-1/2"
2. Draw horizontal line A-B. 4,400
2"
3. Any separator curve that is bisected by line A-B
Steam flow rate lb/h

within the shaded area will operate at near 100% 2,200 1-1/2"
1-1/4"
efficiency. 1"
1,100
4. Line velocity for any size can be determined by A B
dropping a vertical line B-C (eg. 60 ft/s for 1-1/4" 3/4"
unit). 440 1/2"
5. Pressure drop is determined by plotting lines C-
D and A-D. The point of intersection is the pres- 220
sure drop across the separator, ie: 0.5 psi.
110
6. Separators should be selected on the basis of 22 44
the best compromise between line size, velocity A
and pressure drop for each application.
20 40 60 80100120 150 180 200 250 300 350 20 50 80 90100 110 120
The shaded area denotes recommended
selection for better than 99% separation efficiency.

Steam pressure psi (approx.) Flow velocity (ft/s)

0.03

0.15
D C
0.3

Note: Any Separator curve that is bisected 2


within the shaded area will operate 3
at near 100% efficiency.
Pressure drop across separator psi (approx.)
Auxiliaries
Pipeline

Local regulations may restrict the use of this product below the conditions quoted. Limiting conditions refer to standard connections only.
In the interests of development and improvement of the product, we reserve the right to change the specification.
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Sizing Chart for S5 & S6 Separators

Separator Flow Velocity & Pressure Flow SCFM Separator size


Drop for compressed Air 10,00
0 6"

4,000 4"
Note: Any Separator curve that is bisected
3"
within the shaded area will operate 2,000 2-1/2"
at near 100% efficiency. 2"
1,000
1-1/2"
1-1/4"
400
1"
200 3/4"
100 1/2"

40

20
10
20 40 80 100 150 200 250 300 350 10 20 30 40 60

Air pressure psi (approx.) Flow velocity (ft/s)

0.07
0.03
0.15

0.3

Pressure drop across separator psi (approx.)

Auxiliaries
Pipeline
© Spirax Sarco, Inc. 2007

TI-7-003A-US 12.07

Spirax Sarco, Inc., 1150 Northpoint Blvd., Blythewood, SC 29016 Telephone: (803) 714-2000 FAX (803) 714-2222

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