Metering Pumps are Critical to Power Plant Operation - Hot Topic Yesterday

Experts from Milton Roy and SPX provided great insights on the selection and operation of metering pumps.

Jeff Ives, Sales Manager, Eastern U.S. for Milton Roy Americas, told participants that selecting and applying metering pumps for power plant applications requires careful consideration of fluid properties. Careful pump selection as well as piping installation design guidance can greatly improve reliability for these services within power plants. Boiler feedwater is challenging because of the conditions and accuracy required.

Nick Masterson and Allen Daniszewski, National Sales Manager, Industrial Products for SPX Process Equipment, Delavan Operations, discussed plunger and diaphragm pumps for cooling water, boiler feed water, and wastewater in power plants. Pump selection changes with the differing pressure requirements.

Bob McIlvaine asked Jeff and Nick to comment on an effort to identify all products through the Universal Decision Tree Identification System. It sounds complicated but the concept is to list the aspects of the application from broadest to narrowest using the trunk, branch, twig concept. This provides an identification which is precise. The example used was from the FGD Decision Tree and a presentation by U.S. Filter.

4911 Utilities ---- Coal Fired generation----power plant air quality-----FGD

Preclarifier Mixer----Ferric Chloride - Metering Pump

In this example the product is traced through 10 extensions of the tree. The goal is to identify the application in such a way that the specifier can accurately communicate it to the supplier. Jeff and Nick commented that aspects which make an application unique are the need to eliminate fugitive emissions, level of accuracy, pressure, and flow rate. The properties of the material being metered are also important.

There are hundreds of applications for metering pumps in coal-fired power plants. So this specific identification will be a challenge.

The bio and abstract for Milton Roy can be viewed as follows: April 9, 2009 bio_and_abstract.htm

The individual power points are in the FGD Decision Tree and can be viewed as follows:

Jeff Ives – Milton Roy Americas

FGD Continuing Decision Process For: Products

Selecting Metering Pumps for Power Plant Applications. Presented by Jeff Ives, Milton Roy Americas. Hot Topic Hour April 9, 2009.

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/FGD_Decision_Tree/subscriber/Tree/DescriptionTextLinks/Jeff Ives - Milton Roy 4-9.pdf

Nick Masterson / Allen Daniszewski – SPX Process Equipment

FGD Continuing Decision Process For: Products

Precision Chemical Metering, Blending and Dilution for the Power Industry.  Presented by Nick Masterson and Allen Daniszewski, SPX. Hot Topic Hour April 9, 2009.

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/FGD_Decision_Tree/subscriber/Tree/DescriptionTextLinks/Nick Masterson - SPX.pdf