Hello all,
I hope some of you more experienced out there will help out here. I am working on thermo oil pump units (Design Pressure: 0.5-1.5MPa, Design Temp: 170-400°C) and am looking for examples of pump skid designs. We build thermo oil heating systems but for some time now the units have been getting larger an larger. Unfortunately none of my superiors has any experience either so I am kind of stuck.
I have two main issues to deal with. The first is pump and/or bearing loading. Because the higher-ups want to save money, these units have to be as compact as possible in order save on shipping/handling. Also we have limited space and lifting capacity so I have to build small and light enough so the shop can handle it. All that leads to very little expansion room for piping. Hence the loads transmitted to the pump/bearing are large if I don't use some creative piping rout. The second issue is that creative pipe routing leads to a lot of discussions. Most of the time its is about eliminating loops that some think are not necessary and cost too much.
I have run several versions through stress analysis software and have a few designs that could work I am just interested in seeing some other examples and maybe feed off the ideas of others if I may.
If anyone would like to share their experience that would be great. Thanks in advance...B