Flygt pumps reduce maintenance costs and time at Northumbrian Water's Lustrum Pumping Station
04/04/2008
Built in 1983, Northumbrian Water’s Lustrum Pumping Station, located in Stockton on Tees, takes the combined flows from a major retail and industrial area and pumps it to the head of Portrack Wastewater Treatment Works. ITT Water & Wastewater, the leading solutions provider within the water and wastewater treatment market, was brought in by Northumbrian Water to assess pumps which blocked at the site – providing a solution that offers considerable time and cost savings.
The station housed six 90kW vertical shaft driven, dry mounted pumps designed to produce 2,500 litres per second. Northumbrian Water staff were increasingly visiting the station to deal with blockages and non-biological solids which were getting into the system - even including two car tyres and rims. As well as blockages and the resulting maintenance time and costs, the availability and costs of pump spares were becoming an issue.
The sales and rental departments at ITT Water & Wastewater worked together with Northumbrian Water to propose a solution. The team advised the installation of two Flygt CT3400 75kW pump rental units. The Flygt rental department is specifically suited for situations needing a quick resolution and where the 24/7 cover offered by the dedicated Flygt pump personnel is required – making it a sensible choice for the needs of Lustrum Pumping Station.
The installation required a special discharge pipe which was fabricated on site as the original pumps had an offset 450mm ID discharge connection compared to the Flygt units which are inline with a 400mm discharge. Due to the nature of the station and the waste it deals with, it was not a surprise that the channel impeller CT3400 blocked occasionally. However, the simplicity of removing the motor from the fixed volute considerably reduced the unblocking time.
A full refurbishment of the station led to the installation of a Flygt N Pump which was chosen because of its superior solids handling capabilities. The MAS (Monitoring and Supervision) unit was also installed, delivering cost savings to the station by detecting any abnormalities in the running of the pump using its vibration sensor and temperature monitoring systems. This unit alerts maintenance staff to an issue and stops the pump should a large object damage the impeller, reducing costs involved because only damaged components need to be replaced rather than other items which would subsequently sustain damage if the pump ran on out of balance.
A huge benefit of the refurbishment was the installation of the Flygt N Pumps. There have been no blockages with the Flygt N Pumps, bringing increased efficiency to the station. The original pumps were delivering 0.43M3/kWh while the new N pumps pump 0.9M3/kWh. In electrical terms alone this offers a potential saving of £22,000 per annum at current rates, plus, because the pumps have remained unblocked (a substantial benefit to the station), maintenance time and costs have dramatically reduced.
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Notes to Editors:
ITT Water & Wastewater is the UK’s leading provider of products, systems and processes to move, control and treat water, wastewater and other fluids.
Within ITT Water & Wastewater there are four key product brands, Flygt, Sanitaire, Wedeco and Leopold.
Each market-leading brand invests heavily in research and development to provide highly efficient and effective products, systems and processes.
Flygt is the world leader in heavy duty pumping and mixing technology. It offers customers outstanding life-long performance and added value through its products, people and services.
It has a range of products and services for the following sectors: municipal, agriculture and aquaculture, paper and packaging, power generation oil and gas, steel and pharmaceuticals. In the UK and Ireland ITT Flygt also provides rental, monitoring and control, and aftermarket services as part of its total solutions portfolio.
Sanitaire is the market-leader in diffused aeration products and systems. With more than 30 years experience in optimising treatment solutions, Sanitaire’s project teams work across the ITT Water & Wastewater product range – which includes process treatment alternatives, application engineering, support services, project management and, working with partnered services such as contract installation, civil engineering and operations management.
Wedeco products offer an environmentally friendly treatment of drinking water, wastewater and process water by way of UV disinfection and ozone oxidisation. With a focus on water conservation, Wedeco’s high-tech systems ensure that water can be recycled, is fit for human consumption and that industrial process water does not harm the environment.
Leopold is a world leader in the provision of secure, maintenance free, performance, filter underdrain systems for both potable and wastewater applications and where required complete process systems can be provided.
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