SELECTION OF PUMPS

FOR SELECTION OF ANY PUMPS THE

FOLLOWING TWO PARAMETERS ARE
ESSENTIAL IN ADDITION TO OTHERS
THE CAPACITY TO BE HANDLED
THE HEAD TO BE DEVELOPED

CW PUMPS
FOR CIRULATING WATER PUMPS
THE CAPACITY TO BE HANDLED IS
LARGE
THE HEAD TO BE DEVELOPED IS
LOW

DETERMINING THE CAPACITY

CAPACITY IS DETERMINED BASED ON
THE HEAT TO BE REMOVED FROM
THE CONDENSER
IN ANY POWER PLANT ARROUND 55 %
OF THE TOTAL HEAT INPUT IS
REMOVED IN THE CONDENSER
THIS HEAT IS DISCHARGED BY THE
CIRCULATING WATER

THE SCHEME

THE Q OUT
FOR A 210 MW POWER PLANT THE Q
OUT IS ARROUND 248325000 KILO
CALORIES PER HOUR
CONSIDERING A T OF 9 C THE FLOW
REQUIRED IS 27591666.66 Kgs/Hr ie
27591.6 M3/Hr
WITH A 10 % MARGIN IT IS ARROUND
30500 M3/Hr
THIS IS THE CAPACITY WE HAVE

THE T
THE T IS THE RANGE OF COOLING
CONSIDERED IN COOLING TOWER
FOR A LESSER RANGE MORE WATER HAS
TO FLOW
FOR MORE WATER FLOW MORE SHOULD
BE THE SIZE OF CONDENSER
HENCE OPTIMAL VALUE HAS TO BE
CHOSEN

THE APPROACH
THE RANGE IS ALSO DEPENDING ON
THE APPROACH
ie APPROACH TO THE WET BULB
TEMPERATURE
WET BULB TEMPERATURE IS
DECIDED BY NATURE FOR A GIVEN
AREA

THE HEAD REQUIRED

THE HEAD REQUIRED BY THE CW
PUMP IS THE STATIC HEAD AND
THE FRICTION HEAD IN THE CW
CIRCUIT
THE FRICTION HEAD INCLUDES THE
HEAD LOSS IN PIPE LINES,
CONDENSER, COOLING TOWER
VALVES ETC

THE HEAD REQUIRED

THE HEAD REQUIRED FOR
CIRCULATING WATER IS OPTIMISED
ARROUND 16 TO 28 METERS
FOR THE 210 MW UNITS IN NEYVELI IT
IS ARROUND 24 METERS

THE PUMP SELECTION

ONCE THE CAPACITY AND HEAD OF
THE PUMPS ARE CALCULATED THE
PUMP CAN BE SELECTED
THE CAPACITY AND HEAD ARE THE
TWO VITAL PARAMETERS FOR PUMP
SELECTION

THE CW PUMP
THE CAPCITY IS HIGH AND THE HEAD
IS LOW
FOR THIS TWO TYPES OF PUMPS CAN
BE SELECTED
THE MIXED FLOW PUMP OR
THE AXIAL FLOW PUMP

THE MIXED FLOW IMPELLER

THE AXIAL FLOW IMPELLER

H-Q CURVE OF MIXED FLOW

PUMPS

H-Q CURVE OF AXIAL FLOW

PUMPS

THE CHOICE
AMONG THE TWO THE MIXED FLOW
IMPELLER IS THE PREFERED CHOICE
FROM THE H-Q CURVE IT IS
OBSERVED THAT POWER
CONSUMPTION OPTIMAL AT THE
OPERATING POINT FOR THE MIXED
FLOW PUMPS

IN CASE OF AXIAL FLOW PUMPS IT

HAS TO STARTED WITH A PARTIALY
OPEN VALVE
THIS IS NOT ESSENTIAL FOR MIXED
FLOW PUMPS
FURTHER THE MOTOR RATING FOR
THE MIXED FLOW PUMP CAN BE
OPTIMAL

PUMP CONSTRUCTION
DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY OF
WATER THE PUMP CAN BE
PULL OUT TYPE OR NON PULL OUT
TYPE
IN CASE OF PULL OUT TYPE THE LINE
SHAFT BEARINGS ARE LUBRICATED
WITH SEPARATE CLEAN WATER

OTHER CHOICES
WHEN THE CAPACITY TO BE
HANDLED IS LARGE ANOTHER
OPTION AVAILABLE IS CONCRETE
VOLUITE PUMPS
THE 500 MW SETS USE CONCRETE
VOLUTE PUMPS