เกจวัดแรงดันไอน้ำ has refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps for ADNOC on schedule utilizing its facility within the United Arab Emirates to fulfill strict shutdown deadlines.
Engineers take a look at a newly refurbished sodium hypochlorite dosing pump for ADNOC at Amarinth’s facility in UAE – Image courtesy of Amarinth.
The UK company equipped the original pumps to ADNOC in 2016 for sodium hypochlorite dosing duties on the Umm Lulu offshore platform located within the Arabian Gulf, 30km north-west of Abu Dhabi, UAE. Because sodium hypochlorite is very corrosive, Amarinth originally used titanium alloy for all wetted elements.
During a routine capital evaluation, ADNOC determined the pumps had been due for refurbishment. The sodium hypochlorite dosing pumps are critical to production and refurbishment had to align exactly with a particular shutdown schedule.
The shutdown schedule would not allow the pumps to be returned to the UK for a full strip, assessment and refurbishment, so Amarinth used its UAE facility to undertake the work.
Amarinth’s UAE facility was capable of full the strip and evaluation report inside five working days and suggest two refurbishment tasks. The first involved a full rebuild, take a look at and guarantee of the primary pump changing all the titanium components together with impeller, shaft, bearing brackets and mechanical seals. The work wanted to be accomplished in just eight weeks. Amarinth prioritised the ordering of the titanium parts and was in a place to have the components manufactured and shipped to the UAE to align with the rebuild schedule. The second project undertook the identical work on the opposite two backup pumps to be completed on a 24-week schedule.
Oliver Brigginshaw, managing director of Amarinth, stated: “Having supplied the unique pumps to ADNOC we now have a wealth of expertise in working with titanium parts. We are also happy with the expansion of our native UAE facility for service and help and which enabled us to successfully expediate this specific refurbishment, benefiting both ADNOC and the local financial system.”
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