If a vacuum line much smaller than the flange diameter of the turbopump (DN 100 (100 mm)) is used, the effective pumping speed will decrease. A DN 25 (25 mm) vacuum line will result in only around 7.4 ...

Pumps, valves and actuators play a critical role in power plant operations. Because generating plants use them in variety of applications it is not possible to specify just one type of pump, valve or ...

Limestone slurry needs to move efficiently through a complex process, meaning that selecting the right pumps and valves is critical. As new coal-fired power plants come on line to meet rising demand ...

Power plants depend on hundreds of valves and many different pumps to carry out operations 24/7. Good maintenance procedures—including routine tasks and predictive maintenance—are critical to keeping ...

Bob is a service technician who is well trained and nationally certified. However, he sometimes suffers from the same confusion that all technicians occasionally do - the facts that he gathers may or ...

Traditional sucker rod pumps (SRP) use a single traveling valve, but recent double traveling valve innovations have improved SRP performance and efficiency in field applications with double traveling ...