A large brewery required a mobile & versatile pump that could be used around the plant for various duties. The pump needed to be self-priming, able to dry run, be air powered, able to dead head and be able to speed controlled easily.
CASE STUDIES
Reinjection Pump
An oil field in New Zealand need a pump that could pump produced water from a well at a rate of 1,000l/min @ 1,000psi 3 – 4km back to a treatment plant (which also included going up and over a hill). Some of the challenges faced included the high salt content of the water (greater than 2%) and the fact that the pump was going to be in a hazardous area.
GBT Thickened Sludge Pumps
Pump & Valve were asked to quote on 2 x pumps for pumping GBT thickened sludge at a large treatment plant in the South Island. GBT thickened sludge is not an easy liquid to pump furthermore the pumps needed to be reliable and offer long service life.
Coal Mine Fines Pumping
Pump & Valve were called in to look at some end suction dry mounted pumps that were pumping water containing high levels of coal fines out of a dam and into a treatment plant. The existing pumps had priming and wear issues – and typical life was only 6 months. The duty required was 175l/sec @ 45m head.