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THE TEAM
Foreword
Acting Editor
Roisin Reidy
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Editor
Bunny Richings (On maternity leave)
Tel: +44 (0)1322 221144 A warm welcome to the September/October issue
bunny.richings@markallengroup.com of World Pumps – my first as acting editor while
my colleague Bunny Richings is away.
Production Manager I am new to this editorial desk, but very
Kyri Apostolou
familiar with the world of pumps as I have been
Tel: +44 (0)20 7501 6779
kyri.apostolou@markallengroup.com writing about the business side of the sector for
many years as editor of Pump Industry Analyst
Production Controller newsletter.
Jamie Hodgskin
In this issue of the magazine, we put the
Tel: +44 (0)20 7501 6677
jamie.hodgskin@markallengroup.com spotlight on maintenance, chemicals & abrasives,
HVAC, and rail.
Design team When a pump fails, production can be
Andy Bass, Anna Davie,
disrupted costing a manufacturer time and
Louise Green, Julie Welby
money as well as having potentially hazardous
Commercial Manager consequences. Our cover story (Prevention is
David Binge better than cure for pump maintenance, page
Tel: +44 (0)7895 562123 10) shows how preventive maintenance is key
david.binge@markallengroup.com
to stopping problems before they happen. An
Managing Director ignored worn bearing or damaged seal are storing
Jon Benson up problems and a detailed maintenance program
Group Content Director can save a lot of headaches down the line.
Graham Johnson On page 14, we highlight how waste heat
Subscription Director is providing an alternative power source for
Sally Boettcher industrial pumps. Chemical giant BASF and
MAN Energy Solutions have joined forces to
Executive Director, Digital
build an industrial-scale heat pump at the
Matthew Cianfarani
BASF site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Dr Uwe
Circulation Manager Liebelt, president of European Verbund Sites
Chris Jones at BASF, says: “Protecting the climate means
Chief Executive Officer not only avoiding greenhouse gas emissions
Ben Allen but also using energy sustainably – industrial
Chairman heat pumps enable both. In the future, they will
Mark Allen be an essential part of the sustainable energy
infrastructure at the Ludwigshafen site.”
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We also look at how pumps are playing their
part in tackling the growing global energy crisis
(page 18). With soaring energy prices, there is now
a greater focus on the role of heat pumps which
provide an established, reliable energy source,
capable of lowering costs while significantly
cutting carbon emissions.
Elsewhere in the magazine, we discover how
pumps are helping provide an increasingly viable
and greener alternative in the rail sector (page 22).
High fuel and energy costs, strict environmental
legislation and the drive to zero carbon by 2050
mean rail is looking to new technologies to help
meet its obligations, with hydrogen set to play a
key role.
In our Meet the Association feature (page 8),
Steve Schofield, director and chief executive of the
British Pump Manufacturers’ Association (BPMA)
answers the questions. Steve talks about the
challenges his members are currently dealing with,
including skill shortages, rising energy costs and
supply chain issues, as well as the effects of
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When a pump fails, production is disrupted costing New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
a manufacturer time and money as well as having 20–23 February 2023
WEFTEC 2022 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
potentially hazardous consequences. Here we look www.weftec.org WWETT 23 – Water &
at how preventive maintenance is key to stopping Wastewater Equipment,
9–13 October 2022
problems before they happen. Treatment & Transport Show
Sydney, Australia
www.wwettshow.com
IDA World Congress 2022
6 Diary dates https://wc.idadesal.org MARCH
13–15 October 2022 7–10 March 2023
FEATURES PRODUCT FOCUS Lyon, France
Taipei, Taiwan
Meet the association Food & beverage Taiwan International Water Global Industrie
8 BPMA 26 Diaphragm barrier the Week 2022 www.global-industrie.com
A Q&A with Steve Schofield, critical choice in food and www.taiwanintlwaterweek.com
13–17 March 2023
director and chief executive beverage production 18–20 October 2022 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
of the British Pump Sterility and hygiene are Seville, Spain ISH 2023
Manufacturers’ Association essential in food and beverage MMH (Mining and Minerals https://ish.messefrankfurt.com
(BPMA). manufacturing – requirements Hall)
16 March 2023
Chemicals & abrasives that can put extraordinary https://mmhseville.com/
Burton on Trent, UK
14 Full steam ahead for demands on equipment. 24–30 October 2022 Pump Industry Awards
chemical power Pumps are no exception. Munich, Germany www.pumpindustryawards.com

Alternatives to fossil fuels are Saint-Gobain’s Chemfilm Flex Bauma 2022

continuously being researched
to provide energy and avoid
unwanted toxic emissions.
29–30 March 2023
Barriers are designed to match www.bauma.de
Dortmund, Germany
or even exceed the sector’s 31 October–3 November 2022 Pumps & Valves Dortmund
strict requirements. Abu Dhabi, United Arab www.pumpsvalves-dortmund.de

Andrew Smith looks at how Emirates

waste heat is providing an
alternative power source for
industrial pumps.
HVAC
18 Pumps play their part in
tackling energy crisis
Every day we are given dire
warnings about the energy
crisis with bills soaring for
industry and domestically.
Here we examine how heat
pumps can play a key role in
reducing the impact as well as
cutting carbon emissions.
Rail
22 Pump technology on track for
future transport needs
The rail industry is facing huge
challenges with rising diesel
and electricity prices ultimately
being passed on to the user.
We discover how pumps are
helping provide an increasingly
viable and greener alternative
for the rail sector.
ADIPEC 2022
APRIL
CASE STUDIES 17–21 April 2023
www.adipec.com
Power generation Hannover, Germany
NOVEMBER Hannover Messe
28 The proof is in the bearing! www.hannovermesse.de
9–11 November 2022
Graphite Metallizing Corp
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
and AVI International present SEPTEMBER
Vietwater
a case study about a power 30 September–4 October
www.vietwater.com
plant in North Dakota, 2023
15–16 November 2022 Chicago, Illinois, USA
USA that has had 14 years
Dubai WEFTEC 2023 – 96th Annual
of reliable operation from The Mining Show Technical Exhibition &
bearings in a boiler water www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/ Conference
circulating pump. mining-show www.weftec.org
Maintenance 29 November–2 December NOVEMBER
30 Finite element analysis of 2022 6–9 November 2023
Bilbao, Spain
cooling water pump shaft Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Maintenance, downtime and IWA Digital Water Summit Aquatech Amsterdam 2023
https://digitalwatersummit.org/ www.aquatechtrade.com/amsterdam/
repair add a huge cost to
any industry and business.
More diary dates are listed in our events page on the World
In this case study, Jayden
Pumps website: http://www.worldpumps.com/events/
Shaw, a mechanical engineer
serving as onsite manager All events are subject to change and/or cancellations. World
Pumps accepts no responsibility for any changes. Further
and condition monitoring
information can be obtained only by contacting the relevant
specialist for Hydro Australia, parties.
shows how his company
To list your event in our next issue and on our website, please
helped a power plant get back send the information to Roisin Reidy, email: roisin.reidy@
on its feet. markallengroup.com

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 FEATURE
A Q&A with Steve Schofield,
director and chief executive of the
British Pump Manufacturers’
Association (BPMA)
Meet the
Association:
BPMA
1 back to Peat Marwick Mitchell (who provided the
1. Steve Schofield.
2. Pumps in action.
3. The BPMA offers a range of
training including e-learning,
lecture-based, on-site and bespoke
programmes.
4. A pump engineer at work.
(Images courtesy of BPMA)
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2
Can you tell us about the BPMA?
The BPMA was established in 1941, when the UK
was firmly in the grip of World War Two. It was
clearly a time of great disruption and hardship,
but also of great resolve. The country’s foundries
were required to make the components and
ammunitions for the war effort, and pumps were
required to keep those foundries working. From
1941 to 1964 the BPMA secretariat was provided
by BPMA administrator Peat Marwick Mitchell,
whose key role was to control the allocation of
strategic materials to the industry. Then, from
1965 onwards, BPMA established its own officers.
Although many aspects of the pump sector have
changed in that time, some of the fundamental 3
engineering principles behind the technology
remain today, and these mainstays can be traced
meetings you might not necessarily affect your
P M cornerstones of today’s global accountancy company’s business immediately, but if you
giant - KPMG). As the name suggests, the engaged fully in the various discussions, you
association was formed to offer guidance, advice, could influence certain aspects of your company’s
and support for British pump manufacturers, business and protect its interests for tomorrow.
but over time the membership has expanded to This is still very much relevant, even in today’s
include a wide range of pump related products fast moving commercial environment. In 1998
and services. and having a strong working relationship with
Brian Huxley, the then BPMA director, I was
How did you get to your current role? asked to replace Leslie who was about to retire
My first recollection of BPMA was through as technical director. In 2013 Brian took his well-
attending a BPMA technical meeting in earned retirement, and I replaced him as director
London as a member. I was working for Durco and CEO of the BPMA.
at the time. The meeting was being chaired by
Leslie Teasdale who was the BPMA’s technical What are the biggest challenges that
director. These meetings provided a great deal your members are currently dealing
of information about the wider pump industry, with?
which I found invaluable to my understanding There are many challenges in play today, from
of the sector. I quickly learned, and then came to skill shortages to the ever-increasing price of
fully appreciate, that by attending these BPMA energy, but the Covid pandemic broke down

long standing supply chains and has caused huge
shortages of various materials and components
used in the manufacture of pumps, and their
related equipment. This is particularly evident in
the global shortage of semiconductor chips which
are frequently used nowadays in the electrical
components that control pumps. Prices have
risen across all sectors and after many years of
stagnant or reducing price levels we are finding
many of our members are having to increase
prices. In some cases, we’ve even witnessed
several price rises within a 12-month period, due
to the ongoing increase in component parts. The
BPMA is itself a member of CBI, MAKE UK and
EURIS, and without doubt one of the main topics
discussed at the various meetings we attend is
that of staff shortages. It is through these trade
organisations that pressure is being put onto the
UK government. The shortages are at all levels
and across all mechanical and electrical sectors.
It should also be noted that this is not just a UK
issue, as Europe and the USA are struggling with
the same problem. Unfortunately, the net result
is highly inflated salaries being offered across the
board. The BPMA has recently formed its own
recruitment working group to look at possible
short-, medium-, and long-term solutions for the
pump industry, although it is readily accepted
that there is no easy short-term fix.
How is Brexit affecting your members?
Importing and exporting have proven a challenge
for many of our members with increased costs
and bureaucracy. On the horizon is the change
from CE Marking to UKCA Marking, but
eventually we see the UK government diverging
all regulation relating to our industry in order
Did you know?
The BPMA is a
member of CAFA
(Climate Action for
Associations).
to have their own set of UK centric safety and
technical regulations. If this does happen,
pumps that are sold to the UK market will need
to meet different regulation, testing and safety
standards to those of the European market.
Quite simply, this will add another level of
business complexity to an already heavily
regulated sector, the benefits of which are hard
to fathom.
How is the BPMA helping to make the
pump sector more environmentally
sustainable?
The BPMA joined CAFA (Climate Action for
Associations) in 2021 and we are hoping that
some of CAFA’s carbon reducing policies will
be integrated into our existing advice and
recommendations for members. However, many
BPMA members, who are huge organisations
in their own right, already have their own
environmental policies in place.
How do you see pump technology
developing over the next 5–10 years?
Pumps were first developed by the Egyptians
around 2000 BC, and since then different
types have been designed into just two main
families - rotodynamic or positive displacement.
The technology within both these pump
types is possibly at its peak, with only minor
design changes taking place in recent years,
mainly relating to efficiency levels. The
main developments have primarily revolved
around how pumps are controlled, monitored,
maintained, and made to operate more
efficiently. This is through electrical devices such
as inverters and pump system related software.
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BPMA
4
What does the future of pump
manufacturing in the UK look like?
BPMA’s membership has grown from 75
companies in 2018 to 115 today, and many of our
members are doing exceptionally well. They
would of course be doing even better if it were not
for the global supply chain issues. That said there
will always be commercial challenges affecting
any business sector, but thankfully, there will
always be a requirement for pumps, and I am
confident UK pump manufacturing can only get
stronger.
You are about to retire. What are the
biggest changes you have seen over
your pump career? And what will you
miss most about the world of pumps?
Upon retirement, I will have spent 48 years in
the pump industry. The industry I joined in 1975
is no longer there. The way pumps are
manufactured, where the materials and
components come from and how they are
assembled, tested, and placed on the market have
changed dramatically over the past four decades,
and will no doubt continue to change for the
good of the pump using sector. During my time I
have been extremely fortunate to work for, and
with, some excellent people in some very well-run
companies, and so I guess the thing I will miss the
most is the networking and social interaction,
which to be fair, has already been heavily affected
by the Covid pandemic.
CONTACT
www.bpma.org.uk
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Did you know?

Poorly maintained
pumps can cause
increased hazards such
as noxious emissions
and in extreme cases
the pump itself can
catch fire.
(BPA)

Prevention is
better than cure
for pump maintenance
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When a pump fails, production is
disrupted costing a manufacturer time
and money as well as having potentially
hazardous consequences. Here we look
at how preventive maintenance is key to
stopping problems before they happen.
T he old saying ‘prevention is
better than cure’ could have been
invented for the pump industry.
It seems a truism but time
spent carrying out a detailed
maintenance program can save a lot of headaches
when a pump fails and the knock-on effects have
a deep impact on production.
A simple worn bearing or damaged seal
should not be ignored as they are simply storing
up problems down the line. The consequences
can be serious, for example with the leakage of
hazardous substances in chemical plants putting
1 operators at risk.
2
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Specific maintenance
Brian Tait, head of pump services at UK-
based electromechanical specialist Houghton
International, said: “The specific maintenance
requirements of industrial pumps depend on
factors including the type of pump, the clarity
and viscosity of the pumped medium, the
compliance requirements of the specific industry
sector and more.
“However, what all industrial pump
systems have in common is a need for regular
maintenance, to minimise costly, inconvenient
and possibly hazardous unplanned downtime.”
Tait points to the example of the dairy
industry with a pump seal failing in a UHT
milk pasteurizer. Once this happens, the entire
production run will likely have to be discarded
with serious financial implications.
If the same thing occurs in a chemical
processing plant involving the transportation of
hydrochloric acid, then the consequences could
be more than just financial.
“In both cases, a careful inspection of
the sealings as part of a standard preventive
maintenance programme could have identified
the early signs of damage and avoided
catastrophic failure,” added Tait.
1. Minor issues can quickly escalate
and lead to the shutdown of an entire
pump system. (Image: Houghton
International)
2. Hydro’s Centaur Monitoring and
Diagnostic Center allows real-time
remote access to live and historical
equipment data, enabling advanced
asset monitoring. (Image: Hydro, Inc.)
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For wet pumps, such
3 as primary rotary vane
pumps and diffusion
pumps, oil contamination
is one of the most
common maintenance
concerns.
(Vacaero)
Periodic checks
Preventive maintenance involves carrying out
periodic checks, the intervals of which must
be established by a pump expert based on the
application and pump type or with 24/7 sensor-
based condition monitoring.
For example, US pump technology specialist
Hydro Inc recently unveiled its Centaur
Monitoring and Diagnostic Center which
supports end-users who monitor their critical
equipment through its condition monitoring
service, Centaur.
Centaur allows real-time remote access to live
and historical equipment data, enabling Hydro’s
team of skilled vibration specialists to perform
advanced asset monitoring in tandem with the
equipment end users.
The engineering team also provides
monitoring oversight, monthly health reports
and advanced analytical support. Digital twins
of equipment are created and updated with
real-time data and colour-coded alarm indicators
populate the model when the monitored output
exceeds user-established thresholds.
This helps experts to act quickly in
determining overall equipment health and
4 identifying areas that need immediate attention.
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3. Sitech Manufacturing Services supplied the spare
pump to the local service centre in the Netherlands.
(Image: Sulzer)
4. The retrofits have been a considerable success and
the first has now delivered faultless reliability for over
six years. (Image: Sulzer)
5. The pumps had a mean time between failure of
around 12 months. (Image: Sulzer)
Wireless sensors
For example, Centaur was installed on five
pump machine trains at a steel mill’s descaling
pumps. Using wireless sensors, Hydro has been
continuously collecting real-time vibration and
surface temperature levels on the pump, gearbox,
and motor.
It picked up a problem shortly after the
installation of a newly refurbished rotor on one
of the pumps with Centaur’s engineering team
suspecting the pump was suffering from structural
looseness in the outboard bearing housing.
A recommendation was made to inspect the
outboard bearing housing for loose bolts and this
was carried out revealing the hold-down bolts
were only finger tight.
The pump was restarted and vibration
amplitudes dropped by 71%. But if the problem
had not been detected, the potential cost
of damage could have reached more than
US$200,000.
While sensors are useful for monitoring
critical parameters such as vibration, power
consumption, run time and output, visual
inspection by a trained professional is still needed
to assess the condition of assets such as bearings
and sealings and detect misalignment issues.

Retrofits and reliability
While regular maintenance helps maintain
smooth production, pumps will eventually
fail.
For example, maintenance issues with
a group of ammonia pumps at the Sitech
chemical plant in the Netherlands were
causing considerable expense and downtime
despite repeated interventions from the
original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
The answer was a retrofit solution to
three pumps, originally installed in 1968,
which deliver ammonia feedstock in nitrogen
fertilizer production.
Between them the pumps were failing
every 12 months on average thanks to
high vibration, excessive wear and broken
impellers costing Sitech €150,000 annually.
5 Major pump manufacturer Sulzer was
brought in initially to work on Sitech’s spare
pump. A root cause analysis was carried out
to identify weak points in the existing design
before a laser scanner created a precision
model of the entire pump.
Once this was complete, design work could
start on the new impellers and driveshaft.
Vacuum pumps Starting with Sulzer’s own BBT-D pump
design as a reference, engineers focused
should be dismantled on the impeller characteristics as well as
and inspected after
every 3000 hours of
6. Severe pump volute corrosion at a
operation. paper mill. (Image: Belzona)
(Vacaero) 7. Corroded pump refurbished using
Belzona 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal).
(Image: Belzona)
Cutting costs
Such inspections can reduce energy consumption
and extend the life of the pump, again
6
significantly cutting costs.
Pump performance tests are also useful to
measure efficiency. The level of efficiency is
represented by a curve that indicates how the
pump works with regard to pressure and flow.
To be 100% efficient, the horsepower input
should be the same as the water horsepower
output.
This is never the case, due to normal causes
of energy loss such as friction and leakages so a
75% efficiency rate is usually considered optimal,
while 50% or lower indicates a potential issue.
Sometimes, no matter what preventive
maintenance has been carried out, the corrosive
nature of the media being pumped can cause
problems.
For example, paper mill pumps are put under
immense strain due to the transfer of viscous
material throughout the pulping process.
Together, the sludge and slurries combine a high
7 solids content and processing chemicals for
screening, cleaning and bleaching. As a result,
issues associated with erosion, corrosion and
chemical attack are commonplace.
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the wearing parts, which required improved
durability. Once complete, the plans were
sent to the manufacturing site for this
project in Germany which created the new
equipment.
Ben Lauwerijssen, regional sales manager,
Benelux for Sulzer, said: “Back in the
Netherlands, the pump was reassembled
with the new components before being
tested. Once complete, the pump was
returned to the chemical plant where it was
installed, commissioned and found to run
very smoothly. In all, the whole project was
completed in just 20 weeks.”
Sitech has now sent other problem pumps
to Sulzer and the retrofits have been highly
successful with the first delivering faultless
reliability for more than six years.
Frank Sleijpen at Sitech Manufacturing
Services added: “The continued vibration
monitoring has shown that Sulzer’s design
modifications have not only greatly
improved the mean time between failures
but readings are significantly lower than
those for the original pumps. This is a good
indication of continued performance and
long-term reliability which will continue to
save the company money.”
Specialist firm Belzona can restore severely
damaged pumps to their original profile using
its range of epoxy repair materials and coatings.
For example, metal repair composites such as
Belzona 1111 can be used to repair cracked and
holed pumps.
Coatings such as the 1321 (Ceramic S-Metal),
provide long-term erosion and corrosion
resistance whilst the 1341 (Supermetalglide) is
proven to increase pump efficiency up to 7% on
new equipment and up to 20% on refurbished
equipment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
This article was written by Andrew Smith, a
freelance writer
Email: northstarcomms@outlook.com
CONTACTS
Houghton International: www.houghton-
international.com
Hydro: www.hydroinc.com
Belzona: www.belzona.com
Sulzer: www.sulzer.com
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 FEATURE

Alternatives to fossil fuels are continuously being researched

to provide energy and avoid unwanted toxic emissions.
Andrew Smith looks at how waste heat is providing an
alternative power source for industrial pumps.

Full steam
ahead for
chemical
power
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In Europe, more
than 360 gigawatts of
industrial waste heat
is dissipated annually
to the environment,
costing the EU more
than €52bn a year.
(Ghent University)

T he reaction of phosphorus pentoxide with water in the

school chemistry lab is something that many readers
will remember.
I recall my teacher telling us to stand back without
explanation as he dropped the phosphorus into the
flask of water and seeing the sudden flash and blast of steam as the
reaction took place. Truly amazing for a schoolboy.
But imagine if that instant burst of steam could be captured and
used for power? What would the possibilities be for industry and
the environment with no electricity or gas required to provide heat?
Research has been going on for years but only recently has
it started to gain traction with some meaningful industrial 1
applications.
A team from the University of Technology in Lodz, Poland has
1. Waste heat can
carried out concept studies looking at ways of reclaiming energy be used to power
from low temperature waste streams and converting it into a heat pumps saving
electricity costs
saturated steam produced at temperatures ranging from 120 to and cutting carbon
150°C – ideal for powering industrial applications. emissions.

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 CHEMICALS & ABRASIVES

Waste heat diphosphate (ADP) and energy is stored vice

The use of thermal The dilution of highly concentrated (ideally above
driven heat pumps 80%) phosphoric acid was chosen as a power
source for chemical heat pumps as waste heat
can reduce CO2 is produced using endothermic and exothermic
emissions by 10%. reactions.
(Ghent University) Chemical heat pumps already use reversible
exothermal and endothermal chemical reactions
to transfer energy, for example to increase the
temperature of working fluids so ideally lend
themselves to the process and the ultimate
2. 3D model of the planned high- production of steam for power.
temperature heat pump by BASF The research has been carried further at the
and MAN.
Green-Chem network at the Faculty of Bioscience
3. Spread across an area of 10 kms, Engineering of Ghent University where a
the BASF Ludwigshafen Verbund
site is the largest integrated chemical
chemical heat pump was developed to recover
complex in the world. industrial waste heat.
It was inspired by the human body where
4. The ASU is much smaller than
conventional seal supply systems chemical energy is released when adenine
and is easy to install. triphosphate (ATP) is converted to adenine
(Image: Vogelsang)
versa. The pump has now been commercialized
by Qpinch, a spin-off firm from the university.
During the process, steam, hot liquid, vapours
and condensate – waste heat with temperatures
ranging from 75 to 150°C – is captured and
transformed into industrial heat which is
then transformed into new process heat with
temperatures of up to 230°C.
Heat lift
Qpinch CEO Wouter Ducheyne explained: “An
important aspect of heat pumps when it comes
to turning waste heat into useful heat is the ‘heat
lift’, – the temperature difference between the
input and output streams. The main advantage of
our heat pump is that the heat lift is higher than
conventional heat pumps.
“The system can produce heat lifts of 60°C
or more and only requires an input of electrical
energy of about 2%.”
Significantly, conventional compression heat
pumps use more than 30% electricity for the same

Rotary lobe pumps for demanding duties amount of heat. Thermal driven heat pumps can

Vogelsang has launched two new rotary lobe pump series designed for use in challenging
environments such as the chemical industry.
The EP and VY series can be flexibly fitted with a range of sealing systems and the
Automatic Supply Unit (ASU) seal supply system designed to be smaller and cheaper than 4
those of competitors.
The ASU is much smaller than conventional seal supply systems and is easy to install,
even in confined spaces. It consists of a positive displacement pump that supplies lubricant
to the seal with every rotation to sustain sealing pressure. This maintains overpressure
of either 2.0 or 4.3 bar and Vogelsang says it extends the service life of the seal by up to
100%.
The rotary lobe pumps in the EP series are comprised of a one-piece housing and
have a high-performance gearbox enabling a constant supply of up to 18 bar of pressure.
Helical gears in the gearbox reduce noise while pulsation-free conveying reduces wear
on the adjacent pipeline to a minimum.
The variable use of different seals makes the VY series a genuine all-rounder for use in the
chemical industry. The performance of the VY pumps ranges from 1 m³/h to 120 m³/h with a
maximum pressure of 10 bar. Integrated sensors supply all the important information about
the operating state of the pumps.

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also cut CO2 emissions by 10% and the research
has shown the technology is ideally suited to the
chemical industry as well as other sectors such
as food and power generation in both large and
small installations.
Qpinch’s first customers are in the Port of
Antwerp’s petrochemical cluster helped by a
€1 million investment from the Port while the
Chiyoda Corporation is the first engineering
procurement and construction (EPC) company to
sign a co-operation agreement for the rollout of
Qpinch technology in Japan and other regions.
Yasuhiro Inoue, general manager of Chiyoda’s
Business Innovation arm, said: “Our clients
expect us to be on the lookout for innovations.
With the Qpinch technology and our strength
in EPC execution and integration of various
technologies, we can bring them additional and
substantial savings, both in emissions and energy
costs.”
Meanwhile, chemical giant BASF and MAN
Energy Solutions have joined forces to build an
industrial-scale heat pump at the BASF site in
Ludwigshafen, Germany. A feasibility study is
Steam is the most
important source of
energy in the chemical
industry. In Ludwigshafen,
BASF requires around
20m metric tons of
steam per year.
(BASF)
currently being carried out and is expected to be
completed by the end of this year.
Thermal energy
The planned large-scale heat pump will enable
production of steam using electricity from
renewable energy, tapping waste heat from the
cooling water system at BASF as a source of
thermal energy. The residual heat in the water
will be processed using compression to produce
steam that will be fed into the site’s steam
network. By integrating the planned heat pump
into the site’s production infrastructure, up to 150
metric tons of steam can be produced per hour,
equivalent to a thermal output of 120 megawatts.
The project could also reduce CO2 emissions
at the site by up to 390,000 metric tons per year
while making the cooling water system more
efficient and less dependent on climate and
weather conditions.
Around half of the steam required at the
Ludwigshafen site is already produced by
recovering heat from production facilities using a
low-CO2 process. The remaining steam demand,
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5. Dr Martin Brudermüller:
chairman of the board
of executive directors of
BASF SE.
6. A MAN Energy Solutions
heat pump.
approximately 50%, is met by gas and steam
power plants, which emit CO2 during generation.
CO2 emissions
Dr Martin Brudermüller, chairman of the
board of executive directors at BASF, said: “In
the medium term, we want to reduce our CO2
emissions by 25% by 2030.
“The use of technologies such as large heat
pumps, which already exist and can be scaled up to
industrial size, brings us a lot closer to this goal.”
Dr Uwe Liebelt, president of European
Verbund Sites at BASF, added: “Protecting the
climate means not only avoiding greenhouse gas
emissions but also using energy sustainably –
industrial heat pumps enable both.
“In the future, they will be an essential part
of the sustainable energy infrastructure at the
Ludwigshafen site.”
With this project, the partners aim to gain
experience in the integration and operation of
industrial-scale heat pumps and pave the way for
the standardization and deployment of the
technology at other sites.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
This article was written by Andrew Smith, a
freelance writer
Email: northstarcomms@outlook.com
CONTACTS
Lodz University of Technology:
www.uni.lodz.pl/en/
Ghent University: www.ugent.be/en
Qpinch: www.qpinch.com
Chiyoda Corporation:
www.chiyodacorp.com
BASF: www.basf.com
MAN Energy Solutions: www.man-es.com
Vogelsang: www.vogelsang.info
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 FEATURE

Pumps play thei

in tackling ener
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 HVAC

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Over the past decade, the
European heat pump
heating market has grown
by an average annual rate
of 10% to achieve sales of
one million units in 2021.
(Daikin)

Every day we are given dire

warnings about the energy
crisis with bills soaring for
industry and domestically.
Here we examine how heat
pumps can play a key role in
reducing the impact as well
as cutting carbon emissions.

ir part A s Russian forces invaded Ukraine, governments

across the world looked on nervously not just
because of the human implications of war on the
doorstep of Europe but due to the potentially
disastrous impact on energy supplies.
According to the CIA World Factbook, Russia is the second-
largest global exporter of crude oil after Saudi Arabia and the
largest exporter of natural gas. Ukraine is a natural gas and
petroleum transit country with three pipelines running through it

ergy crisis
from Russia to Europe while another moves petroleum.
But it’s not just the crisis in Ukraine that is causing prices to
spike. It was happening before that due to a plethora of problems
including climate change – for example, the recent European
drought cut output from nuclear power plants due to water
restrictions, the move to greener (but less dependable) energy
sources such as solar and wind and the impact of Covid-19 on oil
and gas output.

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 HVAC
1. Daikin Altherma high
temperature heat pumps –
powered entirely by natural
energy – comfortably meet
the heating and hot water
needs of the Salthouse
eco-hotel.
To meet net zero
ambitions, 600 million
heat pumps need to
provide 20% of global
heat demand for
buildings by 2030.
(IEA)
European energy crisis
According to Bloomberg, gas prices in
Europe have risen more than 14% while
International Monetary Fund research
shows the surge in energy prices will raise
the cost of living by more than 7%.
In 2020, 58% of energy was produced
outside EU member states while some
countries had higher imports such as
Germany (63.7%), Greece (81.4%) and
Malta (over 97%).
Europe wants to replace fossil fuels and
nuclear plants with less reliable renewable
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2
2. Air source heat pump close-up.
3. Daikin Altherma H Hybrid heat pump
outdoor unit.
energy sources and Germany shut down
three nuclear facilities in December 2021
leaving it more exposed to the crisis.
Extreme weather has also played its part
with record high and low temperatures
forcing people to use more heating and air
conditioning, driving up energy demand
causing natural gas storage to reach
historical lows.
As a result, the EU is competing with
Asian countries for gas from suppliers in
the United States and the Middle East.
All of this is providing a greater focus on the
role of heat pumps which provide an established,
reliable energy source, capable of lowering costs
while significantly cutting carbon emissions.
Refrigerant technology
There are several types of heat pump all
working on the same basic principle of taking
energy generated by the sun, earth, water or
an industrial process and using refrigerant
technology to boost this heat for use in buildings.
Air source heat pumps use energy in the air
while ground source heat pumps take it from the
ground using a transfer fluid to absorb the heat
at low temperatures and passing it through a heat
exchanger into a heat pump.
Water source heat pumps extract heat
from rivers, lakes, boreholes and even effluent
discharges from industrial processes.
Whatever the system, heat pumps are efficient
generating up to 4.5kW for every kW of electricity
they need to operate while carbon emissions can
be 80% lower than traditional fossil fuel systems.
Luke Worrall, business development
manager at UK supplier NerG, said: “Heat
pumps, which can be powered by electricity from
renewable sources, have a lot to offer. The key is
to rethink traditional ways of providing space and
process heating.”
One factor which has restricted the roll
out of heat pumps is cost with equipment and
installation expensive compared to traditional
systems. But grants such as the Industrial Energy
Transformation Fund in the UK are available to
help mitigate the impact. So which heat pump is
most suited to your business?
Waste heat
According to UK-based energy services provider
Centrica Business Solutions, air source heat
pumps are the least intrusive and most cost-
 HVAC

Sri Lankan energy crisis

The dire state of the Sri Lankan economy means it does not have enough
fuel for essential services causing petrol and diesel prices to rise steeply.
In June, the government banned the sale of petrol and diesel for non-
essential vehicles for two weeks and fuel sales remain severely restricted
with the country unable to afford to buy enough to cover the demand.
Until recently schools were closed and while some fuel shipments are
coming through, many suppliers are refusing to deal with Sri Lanka as it
has about US$700 million worth of overdue payments.
Fuel prices have risen by more than 20% with rationing in place.

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CHP is the most
cost-effective energy
option possible for
many heat intensive
organisations and can
deliver cost savings of
effective option. Normally
fitted to the side or on the roof up to 40%.
of a building, the heat pump (Centrica)
draws air from outside and transfers
it by means of compression. They can
also recover waste heat from chillers or 4. How a heat pump works.
wastewater, improving the performance and
financials.
However, they can be dependent on weather 4
and are less efficient with the lowest lifetime
carbon savings of all heat pumps. CHP plant At the newly built 24-bedroom Salthouse
Ground-source heat pumps can use thermal One solution could lie in setting up a combined Hotel in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, five 16kW
boreholes as a reliable and stable heat source heat and power (CHP) plant using solar PV Daikin Altherma high temperature heat pumps
while the heat recovery loop can be used to generation and heat pumps. powered entirely by natural energy provide its
store heat in the ground for drawing off at Aaron Parker, Head of CHP Sales at Centrica heating needs. It combines heat energy from
cooler times. But they are more expensive and Business Solutions, said: “By combining these the atmosphere with electricity from a 225kW
installation can be disruptive with systems more three on-site generation technologies, the wind turbine and a 150kW solar photovoltaic
difficult to retrofit. economics of greener heat stack up – to benefit installation. The heat pumps deliver water at
Water source heat pumps are more limited both planet and profit.” 80°C without electrical heating to a 5,000 litre
requiring a water source such as a river, sea For example, at St George’s University buffer tank. Water is pumped continuously round
or aquifer from which to extract heat. While Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the largest the hotel’s five inch ring main with the system
potential savings in bills and carbon emissions healthcare provider in southwest London treating controlled via an online dashboard.
may be higher, installation could be more 800,000 patients a year, a 40-year-old energy Pearse McHenry, who heads the hotel’s
complicated and costly. centre required replacement. renewables activities, said: “With the
Centrica Business Solutions installed combination of technology, insulation and capital
two CHP units and four boilers, as well as a allowances, the investment could pay for itself
building management system, chiller within five years.”
replacement and split unit air conditioning
optimization.
European energy bills The Trust is now guaranteed to save more ABOUT THE AUTHOR
have increased 54% than £1 million and 6,000 tonnes of carbon a This article was written by Andrew Smith, a
year with the savings invested in patient care and freelance writer
since 2020. The average teaching medical staff. Email: northstarcomms@outlook.com
eurozone household is
expected to spend Rising demand
Demand is understandably rising for heat pumps CONTACTS
€1,850 on electricity with manufacturer Daikin seeing sales up 165% in NerG: www.nerg.co.uk
and gas this year, up 2021 compared to 2020. Heat pumps now account Centrica Business Solutions:
for 11% of heating installations globally but that www.centricabusinesssolutions.com
from €1,200 in 2020. figure must quadruple by 2030 to meet net zero Daikin: www.daikin.com
(Bank of America) obligations.

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 FEATURE

Pump techn
on track for
transport n
The rail industry is facing huge challenges
with soaring prices of diesel and electricity
ultimately being passed on to the user. Here
we discover how pumps are helping provide
an increasingly viable and greener alternative.

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nology
future
needs By 2035, more than
5,000 passenger
trains must be
replaced in Europe.

L ike every other sector, rail is being hit by high fuel and
energy costs while strict environmental legislation and
the drive to zero carbon by 2050 means it is looking to
new technologies to help meet its obligations.
While large scale electrification is still relatively new
in the car industry, it has been used on the UK railroad since the
late 19th century but just 42% of its network is currently electric. In
Europe it is 56% but, in the US, it is less than 1%.
Cost is the major problem. Last December, the UK Treasury
blocked £30 billion plans to further electrify Britain’s railways.
Despite plans to remove all diesel locomotives from service by 2040,
the figures just did not add up. Also, many areas of the world could
never be economically electrified such as mountainous regions.
As a result, alternatives are being sought and hydrogen is set to
play a key role in filling the gaps.

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 RAIL
On a hydrogen train,
1 kg of hydrogen
replaces approximately
4.5 litres of
diesel fuel.
1. A fleet of 14 Coradia iLint hydrogen
powered trains will operate on a German
regional line. (Image: Alstom)
2. The ionic compressor and cryopump
system built by Linde.
2 The hydrogen is not used directly
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Hydrogen train
Mobility specialist Alstom recently launched the
world’s first hydrogen train following significant
testing over six years. A fleet of 14 Coradia iLint
hydrogen powered trains will now operate
on a regional line in Lower Saxony,
Germany. The hydrogen is provided by
a new facility built by industrial gas
and engineering specialist Linde in
Bremervörde.
Thomas Schaefer, manager
marketing and market development
at Linde Hydrogen FuelTech, said:
“The benefits are obvious. Trains
travel long, plannable routes and
are already part of an extensive
network.”
for propulsion but fed into a fuel cell
that combines with oxygen from the
outside air to produce electric energy to
run the train. The only emissions are steam
and condensed water with the added benefit
of low noise.
3
It contains 64 high-pressure storage tanks
with a total capacity of 1,800 kilograms, six
hydrogen ionic compressors and two cryopumps 3. Artemis Intelligent Power’s digital
which enable fast refueling in just 15 minutes. hydraulic pump technology.
In more detail, each ionic compressor (IC)
4. Engineers lift out the old risers at
uses five hydraulic pistons to gradually compress Sudbrook pumping station.
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Pumps ensure key areas of rail
infrastructure can function as they should
The Severn Tunnel is a vital link between England and South Wales with construction
completed in 1886 but the presence of a natural spring meant the Sudbrook pumping
station had to be built to keep the tunnel operational.
Work has just been completed by Network Rail on replacing the 14 pumps – a job that
takes place every 30 years.
Linde’s hydrogen Each pump weighs 1.65 tons and requires lifting out of a 60-metre-deep shaft before
they are taken apart and the replacements installed.
refueling system has a Project manager Peter Caulfield explained: “We had to work with our pumping station
capacity of around colleagues to ensure that specific pumps were switched off during the replacement. We
1,600 kgs of hydrogen also had to ensure that there were enough pumps working to keep the Severn Tunnel
operational, as we didn’t want to disrupt journeys.
per day, making it one of “The scale of the pumps was also a challenge. Thankfully, the main pump house houses a
the largest ever built. 10-ton crane that could lift the pumps out of the shafts. Our team on the ground could then
remove each section from the pump house so we could get the new ones in.”
Ultimately the new pumps will also ensure fewer closures of the tunnel for maintenance
and improve journey reliability.

gaseous hydrogen to the right pressure. An ionic
liquid, which does not bond with the gas, is
compressed along with the hydrogen acting as
both a lubricant and coolant.
Purity levels
By eliminating the need for lubricants, the IC
protects the hydrogen from contamination
ensuring high purity levels, ideal for fuel cell
applications.
The liquid hydrogen then flows into the
first of two pump chambers at a temperature of
−253°C. This two-chamber system is completely
immersed in the cryogenic liquid.
The upward movement of the piston
compresses the hydrogen to approximately six
bar and simultaneously pumps it into the second
chamber. There, it is further compressed to 900
bar where it is gaseous and at the right pressure
for fueling vehicles.
4 technology, be it hydrogen, electricity or another
Subsequently, the temperature of the cryogenic
gas is increased up to the fuelling temperature
of −40°C. Significantly, because it compresses
liquid hydrogen directly, the cryopump only needs
10–20% of the energy required by a conventional
compressor. The compressed hydrogen then flows
through a sophisticated cooling system directly
into the train.
Each train can run 1,000 km on a single
refueling with a total capacity of around 1,600 kgs
of hydrogen per day.
Green mobility
Müslüm Yakisan, president of Alstom in
Germany, Austria and Switzerland, said: “The
world’s first hydrogen train, the Coradia iLint,
demonstrates a clear commitment to green
mobility combined with the latest technology.”
Currently, the hydrogen is provided from
industry where it is a waste product but it is
hoped that within five years on-site electrolysis
can be set up to lower the cost putting it on a par
with diesel.
Alstom is set to supply another 27 Coradia
iLint trains to Frankfurt in Germany, and the
company has further contracts in place from Italy
and France.
In the short-term, efforts are being made to
make diesel trains more economical. For example,
in 2018, Edinburgh-based Artemis Intelligent
Power – now part of Danfoss – tested its digital
hydraulic pump technology on a train operated by
ScotRail.
Fuel savings
The pump replaced the auxiliary drives used for
power cooling fans and electricity generation
which use up to 15% of the engine’s fuel. Artemis
said the technology demonstrated fuel savings
of 9,900 litres of diesel per carriage, per year.
Across a fleet of trains, it was estimated that
CO2 emissions could be cut by more than 4,000
tonnes.
Whatever the case, the clock is ticking for the
rail industry – the question remains whether the
alternative, can meet the deadline.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This article was written by Andrew Smith, a
freelance writer
Email: northstarcomms@outlook.com

CONTACTS
Linde: www.linde.com
Alstom: www.alstom.com
Network Rail: www.networkrail.co.uk
Danfoss: www.danfoss.com

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 PRODUCT FOCUS

Diaphragm barrier the

critical choice in food and
beverage production
Sterility and hygiene are essential in food and beverage
manufacturing – requirements that can put extraordinary
demands on equipment.

1. Contamination attributable to a
diaphragm’s rough surface can be eliminated
by the smooth inert surface of the barrier.

2. The versatility of AODD pumps makes

F ood and beverage is a highly regulated sector
them an ideal choice for many food and
beverage production stages.
3. Saint-Gobain’s flexible barrier materials
provide exceptional barrier properties for
diaphragms, enabling them to withstand as
much as over ten million flex cycles.
but at the same time, producers want to create
the most efficient and reliable environments to
manufacture their products and so enable the best
financial returns.
Pumps are no exception when it comes to meeting
these demands. Diaphragm pumps are commonly used as
they contain few moving parts such as bearings or other
components that will come into contact with the media being
The right choice for
reliable pumping
Purest PTFE resins, used for Saint-Gobain
Flex Barrier materials used in diaphragms
and valves, comply with the following
regulations:
• FDA 21 CFR 177.1550
• (EC) No 1935/2004
processed. They are also robust and ideal for applications
• (EU) No 10/2011
where fluids and other materials need transporting. • (EC) No 23/2006 (GMP)
However, a suitable barrier material needs to be used to • USP Class VI
ensure strict hygiene requirements and production targets are • 3-A Sanitary Standard
maintained throughout the production process.

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Did you know?
Saint-Gobain’s Flex barrier
diaphragm materials have almost
universal chemical resistance
and extremely low moisture
absorption characteristics
of less than 0.01%.
2
Chemfilm Flex Barriers made by Saint-Gobain
Specialty Films are engineered from the highest
quality virgin polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
resins to tight tolerances designed to match
or even exceed the strict requirements of food
manufacturing.
Virgin PTFE
The use of virgin PTFE is particularly important
as it is inert in the presence of almost all
chemicals, making it an ideal choice within the
food manufacturing industry, where cross-
contamination and potential infiltration by
diaphragm erosion need to be avoided.
Diaphragm materials with few
inhomogeneities also minimize the potential
build-up of materials on their surfaces, vastly
reducing the potential for cross-contamination.
Durability is a key factor – the risk of the film
splitting can be high if inferior materials are
used.
Chemfilm Flex Barriers have a tensile
strength range with a minimum value of > 25
N/mm² (3500 psi), giving them exceptional
4. It is essential that pumping
systems use diaphragms that can
be disinfected and cleaned without
disassembly decreasing downtime
and maintenance.
(Images – all sourced from
Shutterstock)
3
resistance to elongation fatigue.
This is reinforced by the relatively
low elongation at break or fracture
strain of at least 280% (min. values)
and a tensile modulus of 80,000 psi.
The flex lifecycle of a typical
pump diaphragm could number in
the tens of millions so it is important
that these mechanical properties can
improve the flex lives and, therefore,
the overall lifetime of diaphragm
pumps, limiting costly maintenance and
machine downtime due to mechanical stress.
Chemfilm Flex Barriers can offer up to 20,000
service hours with little to no mechanical
function loss.
Operating temperature
While durable materials are essential in terms of
strength, they must also be able to perform under
extreme operating conditions. Significantly,
Chemfilm materials are also suitable for both
cryogenic and high-temperature applications,
with an operating temperature range of -254°C to
260°C (-425°F to 500°F).
Another significant element of diaphragm
design is the level of permeability. Choosing a
suitable diaphragm material such as Chemfilm
that limits or removes vapor pass-through is a
vital characteristic for pumping systems within
this sector. Chemfilm also offers extremely low
moisture absorption characteristics (<0.01%).
In food and beverage manufacturing, several
materials may need to be pumped using the
same system meaning efficient cleaning is vital
to avoid cross-contamination. This means
strict standards for cleaning-in-place (CIP) and
sterilization-in-place are essential.
With Saint-Gobain’s materials for food grade
pumps offering high thermal and chemical
resistance to acidic and alkaline CIP cleaning
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FOOD & BEVERAGE
media, it means the diaphragm systems can be
disinfected and cleaned without disassembly
causing potentially costly downtime and
maintenance.
As a result, Chemfilm meets significant food
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• FDA 21 CFR 177.1550
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High performance
Saint-Gobain specializes in the development of
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Having the ability to use Flex Barriers with
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in use across the plant.
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 CASE STUDY
Together, Graphite Metallizing Corporation and AVI International
present a case study about a power plant in North Dakota that has
had 14 years of reliable operation from bearings in a boiler water
circulating pump – what’s the secret?
The proof is in
the bearing!
B
ack in 2008, a 660-megawatt
power plant in North Dakota sent
their Ingersoll Rand boiler water
circulating pump to a pump repair
facility in Torrington, Connecticut.
“After thoroughly inspecting their equipment,
it was determined that AVI could make some
pump and motor upgrades to help them improve
pump efficiency and reduce internal losses,
which would enable the power plant to run more
efficiently and supply more power to the grid,”
states Cliff Burrell, President & CEO of AVI
International, Inc., a pump repair service provider
that has supported electric utilities for the past
three decades.
“It is important to consider internal losses,”
states Eric Ford, VP of sales & marketing at
Graphite Metallizing Corporation. “Every pump
in operation requires power, and the power your
pump is consuming is power that is not going to
the grid. One way to reduce losses is to utilize
high-temperature bearings that have a low
coefficient of friction and are non-galling, which
allows tighter running clearances. That’s where
Graphalloy, a graphite/metal alloy formed from
molten metal and graphite, can have a significant
impact,” says Ford.
“I chose Graphalloy for three key reasons,”
says Burrell. “First, the fact that Graphalloy has
a low coefficient of friction. When you
have a bearing that is low friction,
that 960HP – instead of turning
to heat in the motor from
friction – is going toward
pumping water to the boiler,
which makes them that
much more efficient. For
this plant, that meant the
pump and motor efficiency
1 & 2. Graphalloy bushing
installed in a housing. 2 Graphalloy’s reliability. That’s
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translated into more power going toward
the grid. Second, these bearings can handle
high pressures and extreme temperatures. The
bearings, in this specific power plant pump
application, are subject to ambient pressure
of 3,000 lbs. That is extremely high pressure.
And the boiler water is 680°F, so when I learned
that Graphalloy bearings operate reliably in
temperatures ranging from -450 to 1000°F
(-240 to 535°C), I knew they could withstand the
operating conditions at this power generation
plant. You have to understand that there are less
than 300 of these kinds of pumps left operating
in the United States,” Burrell continues. “Our
highly experienced team at AVI works on 20 to
30 of these kinds of legacy pumps each year. The
windings are hand-formed. You can’t just buy
replacements from anywhere. There are many
people retired from the industry and only 2–3
aftermarket service companies left to maintain
these obsolete pumps.”
The team at AVI refurbished and upgraded
this Ingersoll Rand boiler water circulating
pump for the North Dakota power plant in 2008
and was pleased to hear that the refurbished
pump continued to operate well in 2022. “IDP
designed these heavy-duty pumps to last, and
the maintenance team at the power plant took
excellent care of their equipment,” Burrell
continues. “The plant personnel
were concerned because the
pump had not been pulled
at all for the 14 years since
AVI refurbished it. So the
plant’s maintenance
team decided to pull this
pump for inspection as
a preventive measure
during a planned outage
and sent it to AVI’s pump
repair facility. It was
during that inspection
that we could see evidence of
1
the third reason I had picked
Graphalloy – reliability.”
“Cliff called us and said, “you’re never going
to believe this,” shares Ford. “The Graphalloy
bearings we installed 14 years ago only wore
about one-thousandth of an inch! The bearings
that just came out for inspection, we are putting
them right back in,” explains Burrell.
“Graphalloy materials have been solving
harsh applications for over 100 years and I
have personally seen the positive results across
many industries and applications. I’ve known
about Graphalloy for a long time, and the
Graphalloy team is very accommodating,” says
Burrell.
“Sometimes we ask them for unrealistic
things, and they do their darndest to
accommodate. I’ve never visited their
headquarters in Yonkers, New York, but they
have a small business mentality and they care.”
With chemical resistant, self-lubricating, and
non-galling attributes, Graphalloy can run dry or
submerged and operate in a wide range of
applications. Using Graphalloy can help end users
solve their toughest bearing problems, improve
efficiencies, extend equipment life, and achieve
operational reliability.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Cliff Burrell is President & CEO of AVI
International, Inc. AVI specializes in the
design, upgrade, repair and service of
Submersible Pumping Motor Units. AVI is
one of the world’s leading sales and service
companies focused on electrical generating
and wastewater treatment pumps.
www.avipumps.com
Eric Ford is Vice President of Sales
& Marketing at Graphite Metallizing
Corporation, manufacturers of Graphalloy
self-lubricating products.
www.graphalloy.com
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 CASE STUDY
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Maintenance, downtime and repair add a huge cost to any

industry and business. This case study shows how
Hydro Australia helped a power plant get back on its feet.

Finite element analysis of

cooling water
pump shaft
A major power plant in Australia had
a pump seizure in one of its cooling
water pumps, which resulted in the
pump shaft dropping to the bottom
of the pump pit. Because the pump
is a large vertical pump, the drop caused major
damage to the shaft, including a significant crack.
The power station had two pumps that were
required to operate both in single operation and
in parallel. Due to the lead time associated with
replacing such a large component, there was no
opportunity to replace the damaged shaft. As a
quick repair method, the crack was machined
away, and a stainless-steel sleeve was shrunk onto
the area to reclaim the same size diameter.
After years of operating with a damaged
rotor, the power company reached out to a
global aftermarket pump service provider with a
dedicated facility in Morwell, Australia, to replace
the damaged shaft and the shaft of its sister
pump. 1

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“The effect of modifying the shaft design and allowing for
larger radii at the changes of diameter reduced the stresses
from 119.5% to 37%.”
Because of the crack location, the sleeve installed
in the initial repair required reduction of the
original shaft sleeve journal by 190mm to ensure
that the crack was fully removed. Further
complicating the issue was the fact that the OEM
specifications had a small radius in the corner
where the crack was present.
At this point, the power station was running
two pumps with two different shaft designs: one
which was modified and another to the OEM
specifications. The power plant approached the
aftermarket service provider to manufacture two
new shafts. Rather than accepting the original
shaft design, which had failed in service, they
also requested a Finite Element Analysis (FEA) on
three shaft designs: the original OEM shaft with
a small radius (the original design of the damaged
pump); the original OEM shaft with a large radius
(a slight modification to the existing design);
and the modified shaft with a large radius (a re-
engineered design created specifically for these
pumps, at this operational situation).
The shaft material also needed to be
considered. Since these pumps operate in
saltwater environments, the original 316SS was
found to have pitting present in the exposed areas
of the shaft. The aftermarket service provider
was asked to complete FEA testing for material
upgrades that could increase reliability of the
component.
Scope of work
The aftermarket service provider has performed
regular overhauls and installations for this power
plant for nearly 25 years and has an extensive
history on these pumps. As such, they have access
to a wealth of information, including historical
data, past drawings, repair methodologies and
other upgrades that had been completed on
previous overhauls.
To complete the broad scope of the FEA, the
aftermarket service provider’s engineers not
only tested the three different shaft designs, but
tested each design using three different material
properties. Those material properties were:
316SS to use as a baseline (following the OEM
specification); Duplex 2205; and Super Duplex
2507.
To correctly analyze the conditions, the
overall forces being applied to the shaft were
required at three major locations on the pump
curve: the pump best efficiency point/duty point;
the pump shutoff head; and the maximum flow.
These boundary conditions were applied to
both a single pump operation and an operation
of both pumps in parallel. Using these three
boundary conditions, the overall forces
being applied to the shaft were able to be
completed for the static analysis. The
forces calculated were the rotor mass,
shaft mass, torsional forces caused by
the motor, thrust loading due to the
forces from the impeller pressure, frequencies are consuming process, with the
and a radial force that was considered
as a safety measure to allow for any
eccentric loading.
“Kryptonite”.
Constraints were used at both
bearing locations (thrust and journal
bearing) to best mimic a real-life pump
operating condition. The constraints used
were the same for single and double pump
operation.
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The static analysis was completed to assess
overall stresses in the pump across all three pump
designs and then further evaluated for the three
shaft material selections.
Once the static analysis had been completed
to find the shaft design with the smallest Von
Mises stresses, a modal analysis was completed
using the static studies to ensure that there were
no natural resonant frequencies in the shaft
designs.
Resonant frequencies are a pump’s
“kryptonite,” causing vibration when operating
conditions (pump operating speed and the vane
pass frequencies) and the resonant frequencies
are within +/-10% of these operating frequencies.
When the resonant frequencies are within
10%, there is a high chance of vibration, which
will reduce bearing life and risk other pump
components failing. Operating in a resonant
condition can significantly reduce the mean
time between repair and allow for other
potential problems that could
propagate to catastrophic failure.
Being able to apply the
Resonant forces for each boundary
condition was a time-
a pump’s three boundary conditions
being applied to both single
and double pump operation
for the three designs under
consideration for all three
proposed materials of construction.
While the calculations were straightforward,
assuring they were accurate for all conditions
was vital, as minor changes can cause large
1. Due to significant and potentially
long-term damage caused by a pump
seizure, the power plant opted to
remove one of its large vertical pumps
for further analysis.
2. As part of the project’s scope, a
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) study
was executed for three different shaft
designs for comparison, including the
damaged shaft for reference.
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differences in overall stresses if not set correctly.

Being able to set the constraints in a way that
would correctly mimic the working conditions of
the pump was also vital, as the journal bearing
was close to the area of concern where the
incident occurred back in 2005.
When the analysis was completed, it revealed
that the highest forces occurred at the shutoff
head condition in single pump operation due to
the higher pressures in the pump casing. Using
this as the maximum stresses, it was found that
the best design was the modified shaft design
(with the shortened shaft sleeve) using the largest
radius permitted (9mm) in the corner where the
shaft had cracked previously.
The analysis also found that the OEM
shaft design was at risk of permanent plastic
deformation should the pump ever operate
against a closed valve head during single pump
operation, where it reached a percentage yield
strength of 119.5%. With the increased radii of
the upgraded design, the percentage yield was
60%, which is much more acceptable. It should
be noted that the pump should never operate
at this condition, this is simply an analysis of a
worst-case scenario to ensure adequate safety
was considered.
It was also discovered that there was a high-
stress area at the thrust collar journal on the
shaft. The OEM design only has a tooling radius
(0.8mm), causing a high-stress concentration
approaching 60% in single pump operation.
Allowing for a 3mm radius at this change of
diameter further reduces the Von Mises stress 4
to 37%, reducing the risk of failure even further.
The effect of modifying the shaft design and
allowing for larger radii at the changes of diameter
reduced the stresses from 119.5% to 37%. There was
negligible difference between the long shaft sleeve was only 13% away from the vane pass frequency; because these pumps occasionally operate at high
and short shaft sleeve design, with only a 0.2% this is compared to the 20% separation for the temperatures to clean the internals of the pump
difference in the percentage of yield strength. short sleeve design. As previously mentioned, casing. The increase in temperature can elevate
Once the shaft design had been finalized, being +/-10% of the resonant frequencies can the corrosion properties of salt water.
the material selection could progress. As the bring unwanted vibration, so the aftermarket The proposal was finalized to use the short
materials were quite similar in terms of analysis service provider strongly pushed for the short sleeve design with increased radii at all diameter
tools (Young’s Modulus, density, and Poisson’s sleeve design to avoid any further complications. changes using the Super Duplex 2507 material.
ratio), the overall Von Mises stresses were similar. The final shaft material that the aftermarket
The Super Duplex 2507 had the best results, service provider suggested was the Super Duplex Results
reaching only a 29.3% yield strength at single 2507. Not only did this material have the best Using the recommended upgrades as specified,
pump shut-off conditions. strength characteristics and lowest percentage the aftermarket service provider was confident
Further modal analysis was completed on of yield strength, it also had the added benefit of that this shaft will last for the remainder of the
both the short and long shaft sleeve designs, being the most corrosion-resistant of the three plant’s operation with an extremely small chance
where it was found that the long sleeve design materials selected. High corrosion-resistance of failure, downtime, and additional costs. The
(closest to the OEM design) Mode One frequency would be an especially beneficial characteristic power plant accepted the proposal, and the shafts
were manufactured by one of the aftermarket
3. Shaft deformation at
service provider’s subsidiaries in British
Mode One frequency, long Columbia, Canada.
sleeve design.

4. Once the static analysis

had been completed, a ABOUT THE AUTHOR
further modal analysis was
completed using the static
Jayden Shaw is a mechanical engineer,
studies to ensure that there serving as Onsite Manager and Condition
were no natural resonant Monitoring Specialist for Hydro Australia.
frequencies in the shaft
designs. Email: jaydenshaw@hydroaustralia.com
www.hydroaustralia.com.au
www.hydroinc.com
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Vanni Vignoli, BluePoint Brussels, Blvd A Reyers 80,
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BE-1030 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 206 6866
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EUROPUMP Member Associations

AT FMTI, Association of Metaltechnology Industries, Wiedner Hauptstrasse GB British Pump Manufacturers Association – BPMA, The National Metalforming
63, 1045 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43 5 90 900 3468, Centre, 47 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich B70 6PY, UK
Email: schicker@fmti.at, www.fmti.at Tel: +44 121 601 6350, Email: enquiry@bpma.org.uk ,
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BE Agoria, BluePoint Brussels, Blvd A Reyers 80, 1030 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 706 79 32, Email: stijin.pauwels@agoria.be, www.agoria.be GR Union of Greek Metal Industries, Loudovikou Street 1, EVEP Building, 18531
Piraeus, Greece Tel: +30 141 78412, Email: kelly@dppumpsgroup.com,
CH SWISSMEM, Pfingstweidstrasse 102, 8037 Zürich, Switzerland www.dppumps.global
Tel: +41 44 384 41 11, Email: a.gontarz@swissmem.ch, www.swissmem.ch
IT ASSOPOMPE, c/o ANIMA, via Scarsellini 13, 20161 Milan, Italy
CZ Czech Pump Manufacturers' Association – CPMA, Jana Sigmunda 79, 783 50 Tel: +39 02 45 418 531, Email: assopompe@anima.it,
Lutin, Czech Republic Tel: +420 585 652 423, www.anima.it/ass/assopompe
Email: milan.sedlar@sigma-vvu.cz
NL Holland Pomp Groep, c/o Vereniging FME-CWM, Postbus 190, 2700 AD
DE VDMA – Fachverband Pumpen + Systeme, Lyoner Strasse 18, 60528 Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Tel: +31 88 400 8 538, Email: hpgr@fme.nl,
Frankfurt, Germany Tel: +49 69 66 03 12 81, www.fme.nl
Email: christoph.singruen@vdma.org, www.vdma.org
PL Stowarzyszenie Producentow Pomp, ul Wolności 318, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
DK Association of Danish Pump Manufacturers, Ornevej 1, 9230 Svenstrup, Tel: +48 32 777 5 894,
Denmark Tel: +45 25 77 66 77, Email: sss@dkpumps.dk, www.dkpumps.dk Email: grzegorz.pakula@powen.com.pl

FI Teknologiateollisuus, The Federation of Finnish Technology Industries, SE SWEPUMP, PO Box 5510, SE–114 85 Stockholm, Sweden
Eteläranta 10, 00130 Helsinki, Finland Tel: +46 8 782 08 50, Email: swepump@tebab.com,
Tel: +358 40 544 1574, Email: arto.kivirinta@teknologiateollisuus.fi, www.swepump.org
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TR POMSAD, Batı Sitesi Mahallesi, FSM Bulvarı 546, 06370 Yenimahalle,
FR EVOLIS, Maison de la Mécanique, 45 rue Louis Blanc, FR - 92400 Courbevoie, Ankara, Turkey Tel: +90 312 255 1073, Email: pomsad@pomsad.org.tr,
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this important sector to be at the top of their game. This BPMA
WINNERS ANNOUNCED - 16th March 2023 backed awards programme allows the pump industry to come
together in celebration of that drive for engineering excellence.”

www.pumpindustryawards.com
Award Programme Partners

Organised by on behalf of
CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS n CANNERIES n COMMERCIAL LAUNDRIES n TA N N E R I E S

PHARMACEUTICAL PLANTS n WAT E R T R E AT M E N T F A C I L I T I E S n AUTOMOTIVE PLANTS

Gorman-Rupp manufactures a complete line of self-priming, standard centrifugal,

submersible and positive displacement pumps for industry.
Whether your application requires handling abrasive and corrosive liquids or liquids
containing large solids, Gorman-Rupp has the right pump for the job. Our pumps
continue to perform reliably month after month, year after year, in the most
demanding environments.
And, they are all backed by the best distributor network and parts inventory
in the industry. Contact your local Gorman-Rupp distributor today for more
information on how our pumps will meet all your industrial pumping needs.

GORMAN-RUPP PUMPS
P.O. Box 1217 I Mansfield, Ohio 44901-1217 I USA
GRpumps.com PH: 419.755.1011 I FX: 419.755.1251 I grsales@gormanrupp.com
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