{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-162.050-17","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 162.050-17","heading":"-17 Separator test rig.","body":"(a) This section contains requirements for test rigs used in approval testing of separators. A diagram of a typical test rig is shown in Figure 162.050-17(a).\nFIGURE 162.050-17(a)—SEPARATOR TEST RIG\n(b) Each mixture pump on a test rig must—\n(1) Be a centrifugal pump capable of operating at 1,000 revolutions per minute or more;\n(2) Have a delivery capacity of at least 1.5 times the maximum throughput at which the separator being tested is designed to operate;\n(3) Have a maximum delivery pressure that is equal to or greater than the maximum influent pressure at which the separator is designed to operate; and\n(4) Have either bypass piping to its suction side or a throttle valve or orifice on its discharge side.\n(c) The inlet piping of the test rig must be sized so that—\n(1) Influent water flows at a Reynolds Number of at least 10,000;\n(2) The influent flow rate is between one and three meters per second; and\n(3) Its length is at least 20 times its inside diameter.\n(d) Each sample point on a test rig must meet the design requirements described in Figure 162.050-17(d) and must be in a vertical portion of the test rig piping.\nFIGURE 162.050-17(d)—SAMPLE POINT","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER Q—EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND MATERIALS: SPECIFICATIONS AND APPROVAL","PART 162—ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT","Subpart 162.050—Pollution Prevention Equipment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"0910aad3ce57ed32670f45a2b61a632d92ac134fdf062491728290c2d199df7f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-162.050-15","next":"us/46-cfr-162.050-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}