Liquid Dynamics - Pulsation Analysis, Diagnostics, and Software Models

"Suck. Pres. View"
Saving the cost of building a system which malfunctions, by generating an LDi PulseView model first, is only practical, when the necessary investment is made, to collect accurate input data. Please see page 31.

"Suction Valve-View"
A. See "Suc-Pres-View", For enough pressure decay to allow the suction check valve to open.
B. See "Recip-View", When Suction Valve should open.
*Any or all of 3 things may be happening:
1. The liquid mass between dampener and suction is too long. Slugs are going into oscillation and driving the checks off their seats.
2. Membrane response characteristics of suction dampener may be unsuitable for this frequency.
3. Discharge checks may have some overlapping activity, and be exciting suction acoustics.

"Fram-View"

The typed notations of on the plots are added to assist in understanding how a pump is affected by all the system parameters.
The response characteristics of diaphragm membranes are generated when attempting to stabilize pump & system.

"Membrane-View"

In a system with a reciprocating pump, the root cause of the great majority of problems, begin with suction check valve response opening and closing delay. This is always found to be caused by the compressibility, SG, & cP of the system liquid, and the pipe design coming to the pump. The most common problem is too much suction force. Next are oversized suction pipes, and frequently, interaction / interconnection between pumps or between individual check valve pockets. Please see pages 34 & 35.

"Valve-View"

Pumps make flow, systems make pressure. The inertias in mass transfer are the essential components that require analysis. When the mass dynamics are established, then we examine "acoustic" response - know action, before reaction.

Understanding the effect of pipe design on pump performance will keep systems out of trouble.

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