Retrofitting API 610 5th edition vintage pumps to meet the criteria specified in 12th...
Technical paper by Manuel Monroy, Field Engineer at Sulzer
High energy pumps are used throughout many industries, one of those industries being the petrochemical industry....
Coker pump is optimizing processing performance and reliability in refineries
Technical paper by Scott Graham
Delayed coker units (DCUs) occupy the lower reaches of the oil refining strategy, upgrading the residue from other parts of...
12 pumps for Chinese refinery – local manufacture provides cost, time and service benefits
Close collaboration between Sulzer specialists in Asia, Europe and the US was key to a complex project that allowed twelve sophisticated pumps from three...
40-year-old refinery pump reconditioned and returned to service
The normal life cycle for a hardworking and crucial asset such as a boiler feed pump is 20 years. However, a Sulzer BB3 pump...
AODD in ‘One Nut’ technology for barrel unloading
Flotronic has introduced a new barrel and drum unloading system, combining the unique ‘One Nut’ pump with their barrel unloading skid. The new system...
Technical Paper: API 676 compliance of progressive cavity pumps
Owing to their operating principle and their roots in waste water treatment, Progressive Cavity Pumps (PCP) come with typical deviations against petrochemical standard API...
Downhole progressing cavity pump with submersible drive
A German energy supplier had initially used a geological horizon for gas storage, but then decided to extract crude oil from the same deposit....
Elbow pump made from plastic
The use of elbow pumps is always indicated when large flow rates are to be pumped to low heads. This requires a propeller-like impeller...
