DEMINERALISATION PLANT – BOOSTER PUMP SIZING

Figure 1 Water pathway from demin plant

The booster pump is used to pump water from the demin plant to the storage tanks. The water
can be pumped in two pathways but at present one pathway is currently active and this will be
used for the calculation. The following pathway will be used shown in figure 2 below

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Figure 2. Demin to Storage tank pathway used

CALCULATIONS

Volume of tank = 𝑙 ∗ 𝑏 ∗ ℎ = 3.7 ∗ 1.59 ∗ 2 = 11.766𝑚3

Length of pipe = 3 + 4 + 8 + 18 + 21.5 = 54.5𝑚
𝜋𝐷2 𝜋(60∗10−3 )2
Areas : 𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑣 = = = 0.0028𝑚2
4 4
𝜋𝐷2 𝜋(52∗10−3 )2
𝐴𝑝𝑣𝑐 = = = 0.0021𝑚2
4 4

Demin discharge pressure (design) = 350kPa

𝑚3 𝑚3
Flowrate = 12 = 0.0033
ℎ𝑟 𝑠
𝑄 0.0033 1.179𝑚
Velocities: : : 𝑢𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑣 = = =
𝐴 0.0028 𝑠
𝑄 0.0033 1.571𝑚
: 𝑢𝑝𝑣𝑐 = = =
𝐴 0.0021 𝑠

𝜌𝑢𝑑 1000∗1.179∗60∗10−3
. : 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑣 = = = 70740
𝜇 1∗10−3

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 𝜌𝑢𝑑 1000 ∗ 1.571 ∗ 52 ∗ 10−3
𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑣𝑐 = = = 81692
𝜇 1 ∗ 10−3

Static head = 21.5m+3m = 24.5m

𝑣2
Velocity head, ℎ𝑣 = 2𝑔

1.5712 1.1792
ℎ𝑣 = ℎ𝑣,𝑝𝑣𝑐 + ℎ𝑣,𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑣 = + = 0.1968𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟
2 ∗ 9.81 2 ∗ 9.81

Number of velocity heads

3* 900 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 = 0.8 ∗ 3= 2.4
4* valves = 0.15*4=0.6
Exit = 1.0
Total heads = 4
Head loss = 0.1968* 4= 0.7872m
Total head = static head + head losses = 24.5+0.7872 = 25.287m
Head loss as pressure = 0.7872*1000*9.81 = 7.7kPa
𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠
Relative roughness , 𝑒 = 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟

Assuming we use the smaller pipe diameter which is 52mm and the galvanized absolute
roughness
𝐿 𝜌𝑢2 54.5 1000∗1.57∗1.57
f = 0.01 and frictional pressure loss is ∆𝑃𝑓 = 8𝑓(𝑑) = 8 ∗ 0.01(0.052)
2 2

∆𝑃𝑓 = 103𝑘𝑃𝑎

Total pressure loss = 103kPa+7.7kPa = 110.7kPa

Discharge at storage tank is at atmospheric pressure
∆𝑃−∆𝑃𝑓
Energy balance: 𝑔∆𝑧 + −𝑊 =0
𝜌

1000(350 − 101.325) − 110700

(9.81 ∗ 24.5) + −𝑊 =0
1000
W = 379.02J/kg

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 𝑊 ∗ 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒
𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 =
𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦
379.02∗3.3𝑘𝑔/𝑠
𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = = 2742.09W
0.45

Thus Power = 3kW

Pressure = 350kPa
Head = 30m

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