Large Pumps for Norwegian Oil Industry

21.04.2006 -

In June 2005, KSB Aktiengesellschaft Frankenthal (Germany) contracted for the supply of two big submersible borehole pumps worth around half a million euros. Each unit has a motor rating of 900 kW and requires a 6000 V supply voltage. The pump capacity of each pump unit is 1200 cubic metres per hour at a design head of 200 metres.

Multi screw pump moves highly viscous heavy oil at low NPSHa

22.02.2024 -

At a tank farm in a Brazilian sea port, two centrifugal pumps were used for transferring heavy oil from storage tanks to road tankers or vessels until February 2020. This required the high viscosity of the medium to be reduced by means of diesel injection, costing the owner at least 2,000 US dollars each day. In addition, the centrifugal pumps regularly broke down due to cavitation damage. The owners decided to initially replace one of the two centrifugal pumps with a NOTOS multi screw pump from NETZSCH. Due to its very good suction capabilities, the selected four-screw 4NS is also suitable for highly viscous media with up to 200,000 cSt, achieving a flow rate of up to 3000 m³/h.