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Posted 8/16/2007 12:15:20 PM
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 Weve been running Prominent HM12P pumps for some 13 years and have recently changed the discharge piping configuration, with this we now run a anti syphon valve to prevent tank syphoning which is set to less than 25 PSI. We use 6000 gallon tanks which provide a flooded suction and we have on several occasions run the Hypo level down below the pump head level so it became a suction lift of the hypo by some 12" to 18" at times without issue. As of lately with the new longer discharge piping we now get pump prime loss due to head gassing anytime the tank level drops below the pump head level. Im curious how automatic off gassing heads work and without a flooded suction would they even work or? any advice would be appricated.
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Posted 8/19/2007 5:37:59 PM
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Dookie,

It will depend on the type of degassing head. Some types have a spring loaded valve that passes gas and or a small amout of solution etc each time the pump pulses , so it should be able to lift solution out of the tank even when not flooded. If you always have a flooded suction a simple tee and vent stack in the suction line is the easiest way to degas.

The antisyphon valves contributes to the problems that gassing causes because without them the gas can easily pass through the pump and along the discharge pipe. Now that you have to get to 25psi push the valve open the pump basically vapour locks and stops pumping. However to get accurate dosing you should have the valves fitted.

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TerryF

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Posted 8/22/2007 12:31:40 PM


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25 psi would be around 50 feet of hypo head, do you really need it set that high?  One thing we did was to put a compatable low head centrifigual pump at the base of the tank to pump hypo up to the dose pump and then the excess is returned to the top of the hypo tank in a re-circulating loop.  That way you always have a flooded suction and most bubbles are swept past the dose pump suction and back to the tank.
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