Power Generation
The positive displacement technology handles backpressure fluctuations, cavitation and air entrainment.
This type of equipment may be ideal for power plant water-handling operations that require ferric sulfate and sulfuric acid.
A properly structured and managed program can enable large sites with vast numbers of assets to increase productivity while maintaining a plant’s long-term reliability.
Temperatures, altitude and humidity can cause problems that may surprise unprepared users.
In the remote Libyan desert, an oil and gas producer reduced diesel transport costs and accident risks by upgrading their power plant.
The resistant bearings guarantee consistent power supply by overcoming abrasive materials in glacier runoff and river debris.
How can pump manufacturers get involved in the country's rapid push to increase power generation capacity?
Safety concerns have prompted dialogues between plant operators and manufacturers on customized, certified pumps.
Safety concerns prompt dialogue about customized, certified pumps.
Maintenance services add value for renewable energy sources.
Coal-burning power plants can expect higher returns by installing pinch valves in emissions scrubbers.
Sophisticated asset monitoring systems provide benefits including cost savings, longer equipment life span and production assurance.
Reduce high vibration and increase reliability with CST gear motor technology in power generation applications.
RADOLFZELL, Germany (Jan. 31, 2013) – Colfax Fluid Handling, a business of Colfax Corporation, has received an order to deliver 21 of its Allweiler screw pumps valued at more than EUR 300,000 for a power plant in Saudi Arabia. The pumps will be an important part of a gas turbine power plant in Yanbu. The order includes 21 pumps for moving heavy, crude (Arabian Light Crude or ALC), and lubricating oil.
SAN DIEGO (Jan. 30, 2013) – GE Grid Automation and Systems Control, a GE customer, have signed a letter of intent to form a strategic relationship designed to provide utility and industrial customers in North America with a complete, modular packaged solution that can be “dropped in” to new or existing distribution electrical grid infrastructures.
WINTERTHUR, Switzerland (Dec. 19, 2012) – Sulzer Metco announces the completion of the acquisition of Russian company, Protective Coatings LLC, formerly SP Technicord LLC, as of Dec. 18, 2012. With this acquisition, Sulzer Metco expands its geographical and technology presence, and will benefit from long-term growth trends in selective Russian industrial markets.
Proven concepts together with new technologies battle the energy crisis.
While global energy demand fuels source diversification, coal is still king.
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (June 20, 2012) – Phoenix Contact celebrated the grand opening of its new Customer and Technology Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Top company officials from the U.S. and Germany welcomed customers, industry representatives and local and trade press for presentations and a dinner at the Customer and Technology Center, located at 500 Avis Drive, Ann Arbor, to mark the grand opening. Attendees also got an advance look at a few new products developed at the Ann Arbor location.
SAN MARCOS, Texas (May 23, 2012) – In April, Thermon Group Holdings, Inc., opened a new manufacturing building at its primary production facility in San Marcos, Texas. The expansion was completed over the course of one year at an approximate cost of $5.5 million.