Celeros Flow Technology has injected new life right into a heritage pump for a Canadian heavy oil restoration customer, enabling them to increase manufacturing. The pump – a Mather & Platt BB5 – was more than 40 years outdated and had been topic to numerous post-installation alterations.
Heavy oil deposits are extremely viscous and require the injection of excessive pressure, high temperature steam to improve fluidity and allow the oil to be pumped to the surface. In order to spice up extraction on this venture, the customer needed to extend water temperatures from 90° C to 140° C. However, there were issues that the existing pump may not be ready to deliver this requirement. Nozzle masses had been a selected concern. They turned to Celeros Flow Technology brand ClydeUnion Pumps, their preferred supplier of some 20 years, for assistance.
เพรสเชอร์เกจคือ & Platt is one of several heritage pump brands for which Celeros Flow Technology presents full lifecycle support1. Their aftermarket engineering staff undertook a thorough examination of the quadragenarian Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) boiler feed water pump used in the heavy oil extraction process. The investigation revealed that the pump had suffered a quantity of seal failures over time that had broken the stuffing box and affected operational effectivity. There had additionally been no upkeep interventions for decades – but the pump had by no means really failed.
Says Mike Golds, Global Upgrade and Rerate Programme Manager for ClydeUnion Pumps: “It is testomony to the standard of the original pump that it had continued to function in such harsh situations and with no regular upkeep over such a long time period. More importantly, it gave us confidence that a thorough overhaul could achieve the desired enchancment in efficiency, saving the customer the price and misplaced manufacturing time that could be related to sourcing and putting in a new unit.”
Celeros Flow Technology overhauled the SAGD pump and performed a mechanical seal improve and Plan 23 seal flush to optimize pump performance. In addition, finite component analysis was undertaken to substantiate that the nozzle loads would stand up to the specified temperature improve. As a result, the pump is now capable of delivering steam on the higher temperatures required. The seal upgrades guarantee it meets the most recent specs.
Concludes Mike Golds: “We are really pleased with the end result of the SAGD pump upgrade. It has not solely achieved the specified production enhance for the client, but also offered a extra sustainable and cost-effective answer than complete pump substitute. Using trendy engineering and evaluation, we now have been in a position to give the existing pump a brand new lease of life and guarantee it’s going to proceed to perform nicely for a lot of extra years.”
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