Sunday, September 11, 2016

Twin Screw Pumps In Multiphase Pumping Technologies

By Laura Smith


One of the technologies now that is used for transporting fluids like gases, liquids, and slurries are pumps. This is composed of three major groups which are the gravity, direct lift, displacement pumps. A positive displacement helps in transporting fluid through trapping a certain quantity of fluid and then displacing it to the exit or the discharge pipe.

Gravity pump is usually referred as a hydraulic ram. This is used by raising the water from the underground to a higher location in lower elevations. Multiphase pumping technologies types and features include buffer tanks, twin screw pumps, helicoaxial, progressive cavity, and electric submersibles. Multiphase production advantages include lesser cost of the equipment, increase in the rate of production, and simpler installation.

Centrifugal is another term for helicoaxial. This works by the conversion of rotational kinetic energy to hydrodynamic energy to transport fluids. Rotational energy is coming from the electric motor. The fluid enters the impeller near its rotating axis, and impeller will be accelerating it towards the exit.

A twin screw have two intermeshing screws which will force the fluid movement that is pumped. High volume of gases and fluctuation of the inlet conditions are two types of pumping conditions which are commonly used. To seal these two shafts, four mechanical seals are required.

Progressive cavity is a type of positive displacement. It is used by progress of the sequence of small, fixed shape, and discrete cavities, as the rotor is being turned. This can also act as a motor or a mud motor when the solution is pushed through its interior. One application for this is well drilling.

Electric submersibles contain hermetically sealed motor that is close coupled to its pump. The assembly is being submerged to the fluid which is being pumped. The advantage of this is the prevention of cavities, that is a problem in the difference of the fluid surface and of the pump. Submersibles pump liquids towards the surface. Jets pulls liquids out from the surface, so it can be concluded that submersibles are more efficient compared to jets.

Buffer tanks Cobourg ON usually are placed upstream in the suction nozzle of pump in case slug flows will happen. This will help break the liquid slug energy, smoothen fluctuations of flows coming, and acts as a sand trap. Usually, pumps are rated by flow rate, horsepower, inlet pressure in the head, and outlet suction in the head. The head is being simplified as the amount of feet and meters that the pump will raise and lower the column of the water within atmospheric pressure.

Stainless steel and other materials such as cast iron are mostly used for pump production. Materials depend on how it is going to be used. For pharma application of water industries, they use stainless steel instead of cast iron because it gives better outcome due to its high temperature.

Because of the name, multiphase, it involves many variations of its conditions and services which includes changing processes of liquid composition, operation of high and low pressures, temperature variations, and abrasive or erosive media exposure. And the challenge now is selecting the suitable arrangement of support system and mechanical seals in order to know its effectiveness.




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