Steam Generator Installation Manual - Clayton Industries

Steam Generator & Fluid Heater
Installation Manual
The required piping changes are as follows:
• Connect a flexible hose section directly to the reciprocating PD pump’s discharge outlet. (See
paragraph 2.9.2 for flexible hose section requirements.)
• Keep discharge lines as short and direct as possible, well supported, and firmly anchored. This will
ensure minimal pipe vibration, whether hydraulic or mechanical, that can be detrimental to the
pump and generator. Avoid “dead ends” and abrupt direction changes as much as possible.
• Always incorporate 45° angles in the discharge pipe runs by using lateral tees and 45° elbows. DO
NOT connect the pump’s discharge piping directly to a 90° tee/elbow pipe, or other acute-angled
piping. These types of connections will create “standing wave” or “bounce-back,” either audible or
sub-audible, that causes excessive vibration and noise.
• Use laterals in place of tees with the bottom of the Y facing the direction of pumped water flow.
Use long radius elbows, or two 45° elbows, throughout the discharge piping system from the flexible
hose discharge connection to the heating coil inlet connection.
• Increase the pipe sizes by at least one full size over the reciprocating PD feedwater pump’s discharge
connection (i.e.: a 1 1/2 or 2 inch discharge requires an increase to 3 inches minimum).
• Use of butt-weld pipe with weld-neck flange construction throughout the discharge pipe run is recommended.
• Discharge flow velocities must be maintained below 5 ft/sec. maximum.
• DO NOT install angle valves, globe valves, reduced port regular opening valves, restricting plug
valves, flow restriction orifices, or small ventures in the discharge pipe run.
• DO NOT install any quick-closing valves, which can cause hydraulic shock (water hammering) in
the discharge piping run.
• Connect the pressure relief valve and pressure gauge with snubber ahead of any block valve so that
the pump discharge pressure is always reflected at the relief valve. The relieving capacity of the
valve must exceed the full capacity of the pump to avoid excessive pressure while relieving flow.
Use only full-sized relief line design with no restrictions.
• Should the Clayton reciprocating PD pump’s pressure relief valve be removed, it must be replaced
with a properly sized and correctly set pressure relief valve. Relief valve discharge must not be
piped to reciprocating PD pump’s suction line.
• Install a 2-inch NPTF weld couplet vertically upward, as close as possible, to the reciprocating PD
pump’s discharge connector to allow the addition of nitrogen-filled pulsation dampeners.
• All discharge pipe and pipe fittings must be at minimum Schedule 80.
2.11 Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
NPSH relates to the fluid pressure (generally in terms of “head” of water, or psi) that a pump needs to
prevent flashing or cavitation within the pump, primarily in the suction check-valve area. Flashing and cavitation
will reduce necessary flow rates and cause damage to the internal pump components and coil.
NPSH is divided into two important aspects, (A) what is available (NPSH A ) from the suction vessel,
booster pump(s), and piping, and (B) what is required by the pump (NPSH R ).
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