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General Description
The 9100 Series ARC® provides reliable,
economical protection for centrifugal
pumps against the serious damage from
overheating and instability that can result
from even a few minutes of low flow. By
providing recirculation flow to the inlet of
the pump, the 9100 ARC® helps ensure a
minimum flow for stable pump operation.
The modulating 9100 ARC® creates
operating economies in several ways.
The ARC® recirculates only the flow
required to help ensure a minimum flow
through the pump at all times. Under full
process main flow demand, recirculation
flow is not required. But as the process
main flow demand decreases, recirculation
becomes necessary. Unlike continuous
recirculation, the ARC® responds directly
to this need. The use of an ARC® valve
eliminates the need to oversize the pump
and prime mover. Such oversizing adds
significantly to the capital cost of the
pump and prime mover as well as to the
cost of energy needed for operation.
An ARC® valve also saves most of the
costs of a conventional multiple
component flow control loop because the
valve itself is a completely self-contained
system: it is a flow sensing orifice; a
check valve; a recirculation control valve
and a pressure letdown device. As a self-
contained system, it requires no instrument
signal or power source, or any of the
associated maintenance.
Manufactured and tested in the USA,
the 9100 ARC® is one of an entire family
of ARC® (automatic recirculation control)
valves. These valves have delivered
consistent and reliable service for over
three decades. In the USA alone, more
than 15,000 ARC® valves have been
installed in power plants, refineries,
and chemical plants.
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Precise Recirculation
Control – characterized orifices
in the bypass element provide
accurate, modulated recirculation flow.
Snubber-seal
assembly
Gate or Check
Disc assembly Nut control valve valve
Bypass
element
Gate or
control valve Automatic
recirculation
valve Pump
Recommended location
of back pressure device
when specified
Check valve
To process To process
Check valve
3R elbow 3R elbow
Flow from Radius equal to 3 times Flow from Radius equal to 3 times
feed pump nominal pipe size feed pump nominal pipe size
Operation
The heart of the recirculation valve is a stream pump isolation valve or process As process flow decreases, the reverse
main flow sensing check valve disc, control valve. action occurs and the recirculation flow
which is flow sensitive, not pressure again increases. Flow enters the bypass
As the disc lifts (Figure 2) in response to
sensitive. The disc modulates to the element at the bottom of the disc
an increase in flow to the process, the
demand for process flow at the same assembly and is controlled by
bypass element which is integral to the
time helping ensure a minimum flow characterized orifices inside the disc
disc, closes the bypass flow orifices
through the pump. This modulating stem. Flow continues through an
reducing recirculation flow. Recirculation
characteristic results in a consistent, annulus in the bypass bushing and is
flow is controlled with disc position. This
stable, and repeatable performance directed to the outlet of the valve.
modulation feature assures that the total
over full pressure range.
of process flow and recirculation flow The valve provides for single phase
The disc is shown in the closed position exceed the minimum flow through the flow in the bypass, eliminating the
in Figure 1. In this position there is no pump as specified by the pump possibility of flashing or cavitation. This
process flow and the bypass is fully manufacturer. is accomplished by the valve design,
open. This protects the pump against and if necessary, external back
When the disc is set at full lift position,
planned or accidental “dead heading” pressure regulator.
as in Figure 3, the bypass is closed.
which can result from a closed down
Head
Head
Min.
Min.
Min.
The cost of the electricity consumed in recirculated flow to keep it cool (Figure 4).
continuous recirculation cooling is Continuously pumping 400 gpm against a
significantly higher than many people 500-foot head requires 65 horsepower. In
realize. For example, the manufacturer of a a 10¢/kwh power cost area, total annual
1200 gpm pump with a discharge head of cost savings using an ARC® valve would
500 feet, may require 400 gpm be $48,000 (Figure 5).
1600
600
200 400 600 800 400,000
1500
1400
1300 500
wh
m
gp
¢/k
1200
e,
12
lum
te
Ra
Vo
1100
ic
on
ctr
Discharge Head (ft. of water)
400
lati
1000
Ele
cu
cir
Re
900
Discharge Head (psi)
800
300 10¢
700
600 160,000
200
500
120,000
400
300 80,000
100
200 48,000
40,000
Assume SP GR = 0.90
100
0
0 65 100 200 300 400 0 65 100 200 300 400
Requirements for Pump Circulation (hp) Power Required for Recirculation (hp)
Figure 4 Figure 5
11
A
A
22
11 15
15
11
10
10 16
16
12
12
C
C
4 14
14
13
13
18
18
20
20
33
55
66
77
88
99
B
B
11
A
A
In high pressure pumping applications the is reduced, the orifice becomes less pressure drops below the fluid vapor
system often does not provide adequate effective. Proper system design should be pressure and then recovers, any
pressure in the bypass line to prevent used to optimize valve pressure reduction entrapped vapor bubbles will collapse
cavitation or flashing. Either of these and consider all fluid dynamic effects (implode). This is defined as a
conditions is undesirable in that it can downstream of any pressure reducing “CAVITATING CONDITION” and is
cause damage to both valves and the device. characterized by a cinder like appearance
pipe system or cause a reduction in flow When adequate back pressure is not on affected surfaces. The resolution of
beyond the minimum desired, jeopardizing available downstream of a pressure either condition is best addressed by
the pump protection system. All PRV’s will reducing valve, vapor bubbles will form in eliminating vapor formation. This can be
experience a velocity induced recovery the zone just downstream of the valve last assured by the provision of adequate back
effect which will limit the amount of stage control surface. This zone is defined pressure. The “Back Pressure Factor” is
pressure drop a valve can take and cause as the “Vena Contracta” and represents key to reliable system operation and must
a reduction in flow capacity. the point of highest fluid velocity and not be ignored in piping design
The requirement of back pressure lowest pressure. The potential for 1) considerations.
is generic to all pressure reducing damage to downstream piping As such we feel it is the obligation of a
applications. Pressure reduction even components and 2) flow reduction exists responsible Automatic Recirculation
by multiple stage cascading such as in from this point. When line pressure Control Valve manufacturer to analyze the
the 7100 Series ARC® can minimize the remains below the fluid vapor pressure, system needs and supply a Back Pressure
requirement, however no valve design will any existing bubbles will remain and Regulator (BPR) when it is warranted by
redefine a fluid’s physical properties. expand as piping friction further reduces the laws of fluid dynamics. For on/off
This becomes especially important in line pressure. This can be defined as a systems this could be a simple orifice, but
modulating systems. A fixed orifice will not “FLASHING CONDITION” and is for modulating conditions it must be a
provide the proper back pressure at all characterized by a polished appearance device like the BPR noted herein.
flow levels. As the flow in the bypass line on affected surfaces. When the line
Inlet Outlet
(to process)
Back pressure
regulator
Bypass Flow
outlet
Check valve
Wafer BPR – 3/4" to 6" Remote Mounted Flange BPR – 11/2" to 10"
98 10
10 22 77 55 12,
12, 13
13 1
2 7 10
10 11
11 4 3 9
9
Flow
Flow
Flow
Flow
A
ØøA
11
11 66 3
3 44 9
9
6 1
1 12
12 5 8
8 13
13
B
C
Main (GPM)
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
25.0
Main DP (PSID)
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
2.50
2.00
1.00
0.50
0.00
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
30.0
25.0
Bypass Cv
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Main (GPM)
1600.0
1400.0
1200.0
Total Flow (GPM)
1000.0
800.0
600.0
400.0
200.0
0.0
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600
Main Flow (GPM)
How to Order
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Comments:
Flow tests are generally conducted on all model 5300 and 7100 ARC® valves and one model 9100 or 9200 ARC® valve per sales order line item at no additional cost.
Model 9300 ARC® valves and other flow test requirements are upon request and at additional cost. If flange drilling is other than ANSI, please specify in “Comments.”
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