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LPD Y Strainer Energy Savings Calculator

Enter Your Dimensions.

Enter your pipe size

Inches

Enter your flow rate

GPM

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FPS

Enter your pump efficiency

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Pump Efficiency

A good, new end suction pump is operating around 76%. Your pump curve will show your efficiency.

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Enter your motor efficiency

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Motor Efficiency

Most new motors run somewhere near 85%. A good number for an older motor is 70%

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Hours of operation / year

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Hours of Operation

365 days x 24 hours= 8760hrs/year. A pump just running during a 40 hour work week would see 2080 hours / year

Hours

Your cost per kWh

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Cost/kW

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How much debris

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Debris

The size of a LPD Y Strainer screen is much larger than a conventional Y Strainer. The same amount of debris in each would actually block a much smaller percentage of the LPD Y strainer screen. To visualize the amount of debris in the strainer screen, we have chosen to use areas equivalent to the size of a dollar bill, 16.0254 square inches. The area we used for the conventional screen is the published area of a leading Y Strainer manufacturer.

Please contact Metraflex for applications greater than 15 feet per second. Call 312-738-3800; 800-621-4347.

To help visualize the amount of debris, we use a size equivalent to a US $1 bill: 16.0254 sq. in. (1003.39 sq. cm.)

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Strainer		 LPD Y
Strainer
Cv* 0 0
Pressure drop (psi) 0 0
Screen area (sq. in.) 0 0
% of clogged area 0 0
HP Required 0 0
kW Required 0 0
Total kWh 0 0
Annual electricity cost $0 $0

An LPD Y Strainer saves

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kWh

Per Year

*Cv is the number of U.S. gallons/minute of 60 degF water that will flow through a strainer with 1psi pressure dorp across the strainer.

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LPD Math Breakdown

1714 = Conversion factor from gmp-psi to horsepower

kW input = electrial hp input *0.7457

0.7457 = Conversion factor from horsepower to kilowatts

Total Annual Cost = kW input *electrical rate ($/kWh)*

Watch it Work! See how the LPD Y-Strainer from Metraflex can Save you Money.

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