Steam Condensate Pumps

Contracts & Projects Tracker: August 2011

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CB&I has been awarded a contract by Ningbo Haiyue New Material Co. Ltd for the license and engineering design of a grassroots propane dehydrogenation unit to be built in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. The unit will use the Catofin dehydrogenation process to produce 600ktpa of propylene and is expected to start up in 2014.

Foster Wheeler is to perform the second phase scope for an existing contract with Ecopetrol SA for the project for the modernisation of the refinery in Barrancabermeja (PMRB) in Colombia. This includes additional project management consultancy and FEED, detailed engineering for the crude unit revamps, assisting Ecopetrol in the selection process for EPC contracts, and control and supervision of the EPC and construction contractors. The PRMB will add heavy crude processing capability to take advantage of the available domestic heavy sour crudes, and provide a processing configuration to meet the Colombian clean fuels product specifications.

Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Co. have awarded Fluor Corp. a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction management contract for all of the utilities and offsites at the al-Jubail chemicals complex, Saudi Arabia. The complex will be owned and operated by the Sadara Chemical Co. – a Dow/Aramco JV. The complex is expected to be the largest single-phase development in the world, with a planned investment of $20bn. Ensuring timely utilities, offsites, infrastructure and pipework arrangements is important for the project.

Foster Wheeler has selected Emerson technology to control a new biomass boiler at the Polaniec Power Station in Poland. When operational in 2012, this will be the world’s largest 100% biomass-fired boiler. FW is building the 190 MWe biomass-fired circulating fluidised-bed (CFB) boiler island for plant owner GDF Suez . Poland has been investing in biomass power generation to achieve a target of producing 15% of its total energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. (More on Process Engineering )

Capula has commissioned control systems – based on Siemens S7 PLCs and WinCC SCADA – at Global Renewables Lancashire ’s two mechanical/biological waste-processing facilities in Farington and Thornton. As well as providing a graphical overview of the whole waste treatment process, all plant data is logged and stored for retrieval and analysis.”This is a real flagship waste management project for Europe,” said Capula business development director Simon Coombs, “Our control system … enables effective control of the plant whilst facilitating ease of maintenance.” Capula is also providing support to ensure the effective running of the plant.

Steam Humidifier Furnace Q&A: Can a condensate pump handle runoff ...

We have a Hartell KT-15X Condensate pump for our A/C unit. It takes the A/C Drainage and pumps it up and over a wall, into another room where we have a floor drain.

We are searching to install a Honeywell True Steam humidifier, primarily due to the fact they do not consistently drain water they only drain following a preset number of hours of operation (auto clean), when not used for 48 hours (hibernation), or when the drain button is pressed for manual servicing.

The tank holds about 1 gallon of water, and the manual says the drain cycle takes about 15 minutes to complete, so it does not appear it is flushed at a high rate of speed. It also mixes in cold water in the course of draining so the water will in no way exceed 120F.

Will the condensate pump be able to handle this additional water? Will 1 gallon in 15 minutes over load the pump? I tested it by pouring a 16 OZ cup of water in over about 20 seconds and the pump made it look easy, but I want to be positive before I commit to it having up to 1 gallon placed in it twice a month or so.

If you do not feel it can handle this, what alternatives would you recommend? Installing a floor drain in the furnace room is out of the question for us.

Thanks!

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